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John Eric Loverseed (4 December 1910–1962) was a pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force in 1930s, with Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War in 1937/38, and with the RAF again during the Battle of Britain. In 1943 he was elected as a wartime MP for the Common Wealth Party. He was later a co-founder of the pacifist Fellowship Party.〔(WW2 Awards John Eric Loverseed )〕 ==Early and private life== Loverseed was born in Downham in Norfolk, the son of Liberal politician and former MP for Sudbury, John Frederick Loverseed (1881–1928), and his wife Catherine Annie (Kitty) (née Thurman). Loverseed was educated at Sudbury Grammar School. He joined the RAF on a short service commission in 1929, and was commissioned as a probationary Pilot Officer,〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33489/pages/2765〕 was confirmed in the rank of Pilot Officer in April 1930,〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33605/pages/2967〕 and promoted to Flying Officer in October 1930.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33662/pages/7339〕 He served in the Middle East, and was posted to Heliopolis in March 1931. His son, Bill, was born in Egypt in 1932. He left the RAF and was transferred to the RAF officer reserve in July 1935.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34302/pages/4317〕 He served as a pilot in the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War from December 1936 to February 1937, and was injured in January 1937. He was removed from the RAF reserve in December 1937.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34470/pages/38〕 He married five times, first to Pamela; then to Ethel Maud Hill, having a son and a daughter; then to Gladys Male, having two daughters and a son; then to Georgina June Mary Matthews having one son, John Frederick, born 10 January 1956; and finally, on 9 September 1962, to Joan Buckland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Loverseed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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