Richard Oldman Explained

Richard Oldman
Birth Date:31 June 1877
Death Date:1943 (aged 65-66)
Placeofburial:Crowthorne, Berkshire
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Rank:Major-General
Unit:Norfolk Regiment
Commands:1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
117th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
6th Infantry Brigade
47th (2nd London) Division
Battles:First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oldman, RDF. Anglo-Boer War. 17 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 17 June 2020.
  3. Book: Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Frank . Davies. Graham . Maddocks. Pen and Sword. 1995. 978-0850524635.