Reginald Oxley

Oxley was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 23 August 1884^[1] but transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps in November.^[2]

He attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1897 to 1898, earning his psc.^[3]

In May 1912, after having served on half-pay, he succeeded Colonel Edward Perceval as a general staff officer, grade 1 (GSO1) at the Staff College.^[4]

He saw action during the First World War and, after having served as a GSO1, was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and took command of a brigade.^[5] He later served as commander of the 24th Infantey Brigade from 16 March 1915 to 8 July 1916.^[6][7] He briefly commanded the 8th Division on an acting basis from 27 July 1915 to 1 August 1915.^[8] In August 1916 he succeeded Lionel Stopford as a deputy assistant and quartermaster general.^[9]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 January 1916^[10] and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1919 New Year Honours.^[11] Having reverted to colonel and being placed on half-pay, he retired from the army with the honorary rank of brigadier general in November 1919.^[12]

• Becke, Major A. F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-871167-09-4. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• Boraston, J. H.; Bax, Cyril E. O. (2001) [1926]. The Eighth Division 1914–1918. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-189-4.