Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Helles MemorialPanel 158 to 170.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.131
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour37C GQS
    

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Mentioned in Despatches
 

Family :

Son of the late Rev. Edmund Oldfield (Rector of St. Elizabeth's, Reddish, and later Vicar of Spratton), and of Mrs. Emma Oldfield.

Education & Career :

Educated at Stockport Grammar School and Oxford House School, St Anne's on Sea

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/8 Manchester Regiment 

1/8th (Ardwick) Battalion August 1914 : in Ardwick. Part of Manchester Brigade, East Lancashire Division 25 September 1914 : landed at Alexandria in Egypt. 6 May 1915 : landed on Gallipoli. 26 May 1915 : formation became 127th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. 28 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli, landed on Mudros and proceeded to Egypt. 2March 1917 : landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front. 19 february 1918 : transferred to 126th Brigade in same Division.

Action : Gallipoli 

The Gallipoli Campaign was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916. in a failed attempt to defeat Turkey by seizing the Dardanelles and capturing Istanbul. Ill-conceived and planned, the initial effort by the Royal Navy failed to force passage through the Dardanelles by sea power alone. It was then realised that a land force was needed to support the project by suppressing the Turkish mobile artillery batteries. By the time all was ready the Turks were well aware and well prepared. Despite amazing heroics on the day of the landings only minor beachheads were achieved and over the succeeding 8 months little progress was made. Eventually the beachheads were evacuated in a series of successful ruses.

Despite Gallipoli rightly becoming a national source of pride to Australians and New Zealanders, far more British casualties were sustained, and these days the substantial French contribution is almost forgotten.

Pre-war member of the 5th VB Manchester Regiment. Served in the Boer War as a trooper in the Imperial Yeomanry. Promoted Captain 8 June 1906. A prominent member of the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association and a supporter of the Church Lads Brigade. His home was in Heaton Chapel, Stockport. Mentioned in Despatches. No known grave. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : East Lancashire Centurion No. 2322 E.C.East Lancashire

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