Richard Oldman

Major-General Richard Deare Furley Oldman CB, CMG, DSO (31 June 1877 – 1943) was a British Army officer.

Richard Oldman
Born31 June 1877
Died1943
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment
117th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
6th Infantry Brigade
47th (2nd London) Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Educated at Haileybury, Oldman was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment on 20 February 1897.[1] He saw action in operations in Northern Nigeria in 1903 and 1904 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[1] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment on the Western Front in 1915, commander of 117th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front in 1916 and commander of 15th Infantry Brigade on the Western Front in November 1917.[2] He was wounded in May 1918 and gassed in June 1918.[3] After the war he became commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade in August 1919, commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in October 1926 and General Officer Commanding 47th (2nd London) Division in January 1931 before retiring in December 1934.[2]

References

  1. "Oldman, RDF". Anglo-Boer War. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-0850524635.
Military offices
Preceded by
Louis Oldfield
GOC 47th (2nd London) Division
1931–1934
Succeeded by
Clive Liddell
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