Son of Peter and Annabella McLoughlin, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Alice McLoughlin, of Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
He is included in the Scout Roll of Honour 1939-45 as being associated with the 81st Newcastle-on-Tyne Group. His rank is entered as Captain.
Gerard McLoughlin is remembered in the D.L.I. Book of Remembrance page 55