Richard Oldman

Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Oldman was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment on 20 February 1897.^[1][2]

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.^[3] He was wounded in May 1918 and gassed in June 1918.^[4]

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 from the army in January 1935.^[3][5]