Career
He was awarded the as a captain for his actions during the Aden Emergency in June 1967. Loden, at the time a major, was a commander during Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972. He was later exonerated by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
Loden was shot dead on 7 September 2013 by armed robbers who forced their way into his son"s home in Nairobi, Kenya, while he was visiting.