Valentine Blomfield


Valentine Blomfield was a British Army officer.

Military career

Blomfield was commissioned into the Border Regiment on 7 April 1916. He saw action during the Western Front during the First World War and was the deployed to India during Waziristan campaign.
He was deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 during the Second World War. He later served as commander of 71st Infantry Brigade in France in the summer of 1944 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. After being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1947 New Year Honours he became Director of Personal Services at the War Office in September 1947 and General Officer Commanding 42nd Division in October 1950 before retiring in December 1953.
He was honorary colonel of the Border Regiment from 1952 to 1959 and then honorary colonel of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959 to 1961.