William Anderson Bloomfield
Captain, Scout Corps, 2nd South African Mounted Brigade
- Register No.
- 99 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- Scout Corps, 2nd South African Mounted Brigade all 2nd South African Mounted Brigade VCs →
- Date of action
- 24 August 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 30th December 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 30th January 1873 at Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
- 12th May 1954 at Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 24th August 1916 at Miali, East Africa, when consolidating his new position after being heavily attacked and being forced to retire, Captain Bloomfield found that one of the wounded, a corporal, had not been evacuated with the rest. At considerable personal risk the captain went back over 400 yards of ground sweapt by machine-gun fire and rifle fire and managed to reach the wounded man and bring him back to safety
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BLOOMFIELD, William Anderson. (Reg No. 99).
Captain Scout Corps, 2nd South African Mounted Brigade.
London Gazetted on 30th December 1916.
Born on 30th January 1873 at Edinburgh, Scotland.
Died on 12th May 1954 at Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 24th August 1916 at Miali, East Africa, when consolidating his new position after being heavily attacked and being forced to retire, Captain Bloomfield found that one of the wounded, a corporal, had not been evacuated with the rest. At considerable personal risk the captain went back over 400 yards of ground sweapt by machine-gun fire and rifle fire and managed to reach the wounded man and bring him back to safety.
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