Editing Godfrey Bloom (section)

==Early life==
Bloom was born on 22 November 1949, the son of Alan Bloom and his wife, Phyllis.<ref name = MEP>{{cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28513/GODFREY_BLOOM.html | title = Godfrey Bloom | work = European Parliament | access-date = 21 January 2010 | archive-date = 13 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120413033911/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28513/Godfrey_BLOOM.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=":0">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U44644 "Bloom, Godfrey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922230607/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-44644;jsessionid=BA67EDE8DEA5B852F1BF4237B2CB9E88 |date=22 September 2022 }}, ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edition, Oxford University Press, November 2014 (subscription required) Retrieved 25 April 2015</ref> His father served as a [[fighter pilot]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="sarah" /> Bloom was educated at [[St. Olave's Grammar School]].<ref name=":0" />