Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | Victoria Cross | ||
Military :
Unit : 2nd South African Mounted Brigade
Action : War Survivor
Although many perished in the Great War, many survived. Stories of those that survived are included as part of this site.
Citation(s) :
On 24 August 1916 at Mlali, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), when consolidating his new position after being heavily attacked and being forced to retire,[2] 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 swept by machine-gun and rifle fire and managed to reach the wounded man and bring him back to safety.Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Concordia No. 2685 E.C. | South Africa (Northern) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th June 1904 | 16th July 1904 | 27th August 1904 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
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