Gerald Loxley
Major Gerald Herbert Loxley AFC (1885–1950) was a decorated British aviator of the First World War deployed in military intelligence,[1] before serving with the United Nations in Switzerland.[2] Born on 31 January 1885 at Fairford, Gloucestershire, a vicar's son,[3] he was named after his godfather Sir Herbert Brewer.[4] His World War I service in the Royal Naval Air Service saw action as an air pilot[5] before being appointed to a distinguished position in aerial reconnaissance,[6] advising the Director-General of Aircraft Production (Ministry of Munitions) in Paris.[12] After suffering a severe stroke, Loxley died on 29 September 1950 at St Mary's Hospital, Burghill, near Hereford.Loxley received the Air Force Cross[13] and was invested as a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by Marshal Foch in 1919,[14] having previously been appointed an Ufficiale of the Corona d'Italia in 1916.
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