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British Army general From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major-General Sir Leopold Charles Louis Oldfield KBE CB CMG DSO (February 1872 – January 1949) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[1]
Sir Louis Oldfield | |
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Born | February 1872 |
Died | January 1949 (aged 76) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands | 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 |
Educated at Clifton College,[2] Oldfield was, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 1 April 1892.[3][4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1895, and to captain on 5 April 1900, serving at the time with the 32 Battery Royal Field Artillery stationed at Deesa, British India.[5] In October 1902 he was appointed adjutant of a Volunteer battalion, the 5th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery.[6]
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] He was briefly acting General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division between 11 March 1918 and 16 March 1918.[7]
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 of the Royal Artillery from 1938 to 1942.[3]
In 1902 he married Millicent Kate Bredin.[8]
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