Reginald Oxley

Reginald Stewart Oxley
Oxley in 1916
Born31 December 1861
Died4 October 1951(1951-10-04) (aged 89)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1884–1919
RankBrigadier-General
UnitYork and Lancaster Regiment
Commands8th Division
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Brigadier-General Reginald Stewart Oxley CB, CMG (31 December 1861 – 4 October 1951) was a British Army officer who commanded the 8th Division on an acting basis during the First World War.

Military career

Oxley was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 23 August 1884 but transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in November.[1]

In May 1912, after having served on half-pay, he succeeded Colonel Edward Perceval as a general staff officer, grade 1 (GSO1) at the Staff College, Camberley.[2]

He saw action during the First World War, and served as commander of the 24th Brigade from 16 March 1915 to 8 July 1916.[3][4] He briefly commanded the 8th Division on an acting basis from 27 July 1915 to 1 August 1915.[5]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 14 January 1916[6] and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1919 New Year Honours.[7] Having reverted to colonel and being placed on half-pay, he retired from the army with the honorary rank of brigadier general in November 1919.[8]

References

  1. ^ "No. 25417". The London Gazette. 25 November 1884. p. 5194.
  2. ^ "No. 28610". The London Gazette. 21 May 1912. p. 3686.
  3. ^ Boraston & Bax (2001), p. 283.
  4. ^ Becke (1935), p. 90.
  5. ^ "8th Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. ^ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 82.
  7. ^ "No. 13384". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 January 1919. p. 204.
  8. ^ "No. 31644". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1919. p. 13888.

Sources

  • Becke, Major A. F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.
  • Boraston, J. H.; Bax, Cyril E. O. (2001) [1926]. The Eighth Division 1914–1918. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-189-4.