Louis Oldfield

Major-General Sir Leopold Charles Louis Oldfield KBE CB CMG DSO (1872–1949) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[1]

Sir Louis Oldfield
Born	1872
Died	1949
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	47th (2nd London) Division Malaya Command
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Educated at Clifton College,[2] Oldfield was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.[3] He served in the First World War on the Western Front and was latterly Brigadier General Royal Artillery for 51st (Highland) Division in France.[3]

After the War he became Brigadier General Royal Artillery for the British Army of the Rhine moving on to be Chief Instructor in Gunnery at the Royal School of Artillery at Larkhill in 1924.[3] He was General Officer Commanding 47th (2nd London) Division from 1927 and then General Officer Commanding Malaya Command from 1931; he retired in 1934.[3]

He was also Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery from 1938 to 1942.[3]

Family

In 1902 he married Millicent Kate Bredin.[4]

References

1. Obituary: Sir Louis Oldfield The Times, 10 January 1949, p. 7, col D.
2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp103/4: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
3. "Oldfield, Leopold". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
4. Marriages The Times 26 July 1902

Military offices
Preceded by Sir William Thwaites	GOC 47th (2nd London) Division 1927–1931	Succeeded by Richard Oldman
Preceded by Harry Pritchard	GOC Malaya Command 1931–1934	Succeeded by Ernest Lewin