About John Bloomfield
Lived 1793 – 1880 (aged 86–87). John Bloomfield was a British military leader.
General Sir John Bloomfield ( 1793 – 1 August 1880) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior ceremonial position in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.
Military career Bloomfield was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1810 and rose through the officer ranks to become a lieutenant-general in 1866.
He was made colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1866 and promoted to full general in 1876 and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1877. He died in 1880.
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British Army general
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John Bloomfield was born in 1793.
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John Bloomfield died on 1 August 1880.
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