Richard Oldman
{{Short description|British Army officer}}
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| birth_date = 31 June 1877
| death_date = 1943 (aged 65-66)
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| placeofburial = Crowthorne, Berkshire
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| allegiance =United Kingdom
| branch =British Army
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| rank =Major-General
| unit =Norfolk Regiment
| commands =1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
117th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
6th Infantry Brigade
47th (2nd London) Division
| battles =First World War
| awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
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Major-General Richard Deare Furley Oldman {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (31 June 1877 – 1943) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Oldman was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment on 20 February 1897.{{cite web|url=https://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=2_gm_0&p=29110|title=Oldman, RDF|publisher=Anglo-Boer War|accessdate=17 June 2020}}{{London Gazette|issue=26824|page=989|date=19 February 1897}}
He saw action in operations in Northern Nigeria in 1903 and 1904 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=17 June 2020}} He was wounded in May 1918 and gassed in June 1918.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0QRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1926|title=Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918|first1= Frank |last1=Davies|first2= Graham |last2=Maddocks|publisher=Pen and Sword|year=1995|isbn= 978-0850524635}}
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.{{London Gazette|issue=34120|page=60|date=1 January 1935}}
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Category:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:British Army generals of World War I
Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Category:British Army major generals