Charles James Blomfield (Indian Army officer)

Major-General Charles James Blomfield CB, DSO (26 May 1855 – 3 March 1928) was a British Indian Army officer.

Charles James Blomfield
Born26 May 1855
Bow, Devon
Died3 March 1928
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Indian Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldHarrismith and Natal Sub-District
Wessex Division
1st (Peshawar) Division
Battles/warsSudan Expedition
Second Boer War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Blomfield was commissioned in the 20th Regiment of Foot in 1875.[1] He became Acting Military Secretary to the Commander-in-chief, Bombay Army in 1891, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in Bombay in 1897 and Assistant Adjutant-General Bombay later in the year.[1]

Blomfield saw action in the Sudan Expedition in 1898, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, and then took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in late 1899 during the Second Boer War.[1] Following the end of the war in June 1902, he became commander of the Harrismith and Natal Sub-District,[1] with the local rank of brigadier-general on the staff.[2]

He was later appointed General Officer Commanding Wessex Division in January 1909 and General Officer Commanding 1st (Peshawar) Division in October 1912.[3] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division in November 1915,[4] a post he held until February 1917.[1]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1906.[1]

References
  1. "Blomfield, Major-Gen. Charles James". Indian Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "No. 27496". The London Gazette. 18 November 1902. p. 7339.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. Becke 1937, p. 67.

Sources
  • Becke, A.F. (1937). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions. Part 2b: The 2nd-line Territorial Force Divisions (57th-69th). HMSO.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Military offices
Preceded by
William Kirkpatrick		 GOC Wessex Division
1909–1911		 Succeeded by
Colin Donald
Preceded by
Charles Beckett		 GOC 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
1915−1917		 Succeeded by
Herbert Lawrence
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