Major William Anderson Bloomfield VC (30 January 1873 – 12 May 1954) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

On 24 August 1916 at Mlali, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), when consolidating his new position after being heavily attacked and being forced to retire,[3] 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.

His Victoria Cross was displayed at the National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg and is now kept by his family.

A pavement plaque to Bloomfield was added on the side of the Union Canal near the new Boroughmuir High School in 2020.