Breadner, Lloyd Samuel, born 14-07-1894 in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, 
to Samuel Marsh Breadner(1868–1948) and his wife Caroline Alberta, born Watkins Breadner (1876–1954) 
he had one sister and one brother, Marion Alice Breadner Grierson (1889–1971), 
and Jack Alvin Breadner (1919–1985).
Lloyd was married with Caroline Alberta, born Watkins Breadner (1876–1954)
Breadner obtained his pilot’s certificate at Wright Flying School 
and was commissioned in the British Royal Naval Air Service on 28-12-1915. During World War I, he served on the Western Front as a fighter pilot in the No. 3 (Naval) Squadron. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant (RNAS) on 31-12-1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross 
on 23-05-1917. The citation read:
For conspicuous gallantry and skill in leading his patrol against hostile formations. Lloyd brought down three hostile machines and forced several others to land. On the 06-04-1917, he drove down a hostile machine which was wrecked while attempting to land in a ploughed field. On the morning of the 11-04-1917, he destroyed a hostile machine which fell in flames, brought down another in a spinning nose dive with one wing folded up, and forced a third to land.
Squadron Commander Lloyd Breadner and 3 (Naval) Squadron were posted to RAF Walmer during the Winter of 1917/1918. He was released from the RAF with the rank of major in March 1919.
Breadner was commissioned and promoted to Squadron Leader in 1920 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 
on its formation in 1924. He became Controller of Civil Aviation in 1922, and later commanded Camp Borden from 15-01-1924, to 23-09-1925. He was promoted to Wing Commander on 01-04-1924. After attending RAF Staff College, he was the Director of the RCAF from 15-02-1928, to 29-04-1932. From 1932 until 1935, he commanded Trenton and then attended the Imperial Defence College. He was promoted to Group Captain on 01-02-1936, and to Air Commodore on 04-08-1938.
Lloyd became Chief of Air Staff on 29-05-1940, and having been promoted to Air Marshal 
on 19-11-1941, became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RCAF Overseas in January 1944. Breadner was promoted on his retirement on 25-11-1945, to Air Chief Marshal, the first Canadian to hold this rank.
On 30-11-1944, while he was Chief of Air Staff, his son, Flying Officer Donald Lloyd Breadner,
30-11-1944 (age 20) was killed after an air gunnery exercise, while flying a de Havilland Mosquito 
from RCAF Station Debert, in Nova Scotia. He was the only son of Breadner and his wife, Mary Evelyn. They also had three daughters. 
Left to Right: Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Air Chief Marshall L. S. Breadner, Lady Churchill (Winston was out for a walk) Admiral Nelles-Field Marshall K. Stewart
Upon his retirement in 1945, Lloyd Breadner was promoted to Chief Air Marshal, the only Canadian ever to hold this rank.
Death and burial ground of Breadner, Lloyd Samuel.
Lloyd Breadner passed away on 14-03-1952, age 57, in Boston, Massachusetts, while seeking treatment for an extreme form of hypertension. Lloyd Breadner was later interred in Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Section 17A, Lot 151.
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