Fighting for a shot at a better life, a trait of the Lovett family

By Everard Himmelreich
April 25 2015 - 8:00am
Aunty June Gill (left) of Portland holds her father Samuel Lovett’s World War II medals, and Stewart Lovett a photograph of his brother Murray and his service medals.150422EH01
Aunty June Gill (left) of Portland holds her father Samuel Lovett’s World War II medals, and Stewart Lovett a photograph of his brother Murray and his service medals.150422EH01

Tales of heroism and military service run through many generations of the south-west’s famed Lovett family, but they’ve always regarded themselves as “toilers”, not warriors, as EVERARD HIMMELREICH discovered.

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