Background
OLDFIELD, Richard was born on August 7, 1830 in Gravesend. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Oldfield, C.R.E., Gravesend.
OLDFIELD, Richard was born on August 7, 1830 in Gravesend. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Oldfield, C.R.E., Gravesend.
Doctor Burney's, Gosport. ! Stoton and Mayor’s, Wimbledon. Royal Military Academy, Woohvich.
Received commission, 1849. Promoted, 1850; embarked in His Majesty’s Ship Tyne, 1851. Landed at Barbadoes, 1851.
Dominica, West Indies, 1851-1852. Yellow fever twice; Barbadoes, Adjutant and Q.M., 1852-1854. Cholera, 1854, living in Hospital and Cholera Camp, Gun Hill, and Barbadoes.
Appointed to Chestnut iSroop, R.H.A., 1854, but going round the sentries at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, fell over the wharf into a shot barge, during a thick fog, and was pronounced incurable. Adjutant, Otli Battalion, 1855. The recruiting of South London District, 1857-1855S.
Sent to Malta, 1859; Portsmouth, 1862. 1st Captain in command A 11 R.A. at Fyzabad, Oudh, India, 1863. Home, 1867; R.A. Recorder, 1867 - 72.
Assistant Superintendent, Royal 1 Carriage Department, 1872-1876. Joined India Depot Camp, Woohvich Common, 1876-1878. Formed District Statf, Woolwich.
C.R.A., Malta, 1882-1885. Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery since 1900.