Valentine Blomfield

Valentine Blomfield
Valentine Blomfield
Born	1898
Died	1980
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	71st Infantry Brigade; 42nd (Lancashire) Division
Battles/wars	First World War; Waziristan campaign; Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Valentine Blomfield CB, DSO (1898–1980) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Blomfield was commissioned into the Border Regiment on 7 April 1916.[1] He saw action during the Western Front during the First World War and was the deployed to India during Waziristan campaign.[2]

He was deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 during the Second World War.[2] He later served as commander of 71st Infantry Brigade in France in the summer of 1944 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[3] After being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1947 New Year Honours[4] he became Director of Personal Services at the War Office in September 1947 and General Officer Commanding 42nd (Lancashire) Division in October 1950 before retiring in December 1953.[5]

He was honorary colonel of the Border Regiment from 1952 to 1959[6] and then honorary colonel of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959 to 1961.[7]

References

"No. 29537". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1916. p. 3684.
"Major-General V. Blomfield, Border Regiment". DNW. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
"No. 36917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1945. p. 678.
"No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 3.
"Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
"The Border Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"The King's Own Royal Border Regiment". regiment.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Military offices
Preceded by Vyvyan Evelegh	GOC 42nd (Lancashire) Division 1950–1953	Succeeded by William Stratton

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[1] "No. 29537". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1916. p. 3684.

[dnw-2] "Major-General V. Blomfield, Border Regiment". DNW. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[3] "No. 36917". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1945. p. 678.

[4] "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 3.

[5] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[6] "The Border Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "The King's Own Royal Border Regiment". regiment.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)