Gerald Loxley

Major Gerald Herbert Loxley AFC (1885–1950) was a decorated British aviator of the First World War deployed in military intelligence, before serving with the United Nations in Switzerland. Biography Born on 31 January 1885 at Fairford, Gloucestershire, a vicar's son, he was named after his godfather Sir Herbert Brewer. Loxley attended Summer Fields School and Malvern College before going up to read Jurisprudence at Oriel College, Oxford. His World War I service in the Royal Naval Air Service saw action as an air pilot before being appointed to a distinguished position in aerial reconnaissance, advising the director-general of aircraft production (Ministry of Munitions) in Paris. He was appointed in the rank of Major upon the creation of the Royal Air Force in 1919.