Claim: Owen Tudor Boyd was promoted to temperary caption and saw service in world war 1, he was also a pilot.
Evidence: He was promoted temporary Captain, Indian Army, to date from the 1 September 1915 in the London Gazette of 28 July 1916. Later in 1916, he was a pilot on the Western Front with No. 27 Squadron; on 9 July, he was promoted to flight commander.