Blomfield entered the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he 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. Remaining in the army during the
interwar period, he attended the
Staff College, Camberley from 1934 to 1935. Following this, he was appointed as a Staff Captain with the
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, a
Territorial Army (TA) formation, from June 1936. On 1 August 1938 he was promoted to
major. He was deployed to France with the
British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 during the
Second World War. he served at the
War Office in
London, where he was Deputy Director of Staff Duties until December 1943. He continued to command the brigade until September 1944 when he was wounded. On 1 August 1945 he was promoted to the local rank of
major-general. he became Director of Personal Services at the
War Office in September 1947 and General Officer Commanding
42nd (Lancashire) 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. ==References==