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Field was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 26 May, 1906, vice [[Arthur Barrow|Barrow]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27917/pages/3747 no. 27917.  p. 3747.]  29 May, 1906.</ref>
 
Field was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 26 May, 1906, vice [[Arthur Barrow|Barrow]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27917/pages/3747 no. 27917.  p. 3747.]  29 May, 1906.</ref>
  
Field was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 22 July, 1910, vice [[John Durnford|Durnford]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>   
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Field was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 22 July, 1910, vice [[John Durnford|Durnford]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>  In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 8 December, 1903]], he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 24 August.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28413/pages/6407 no. 28413.  p. 6407.]  6 September, 1910.</ref>
  
 
On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
 
On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
  
He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 24 August.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28413/pages/6407 no. 28413.  p. 6407.]  6 September, 1910.</ref>  He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 4 June, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28726/pages/3992 no. 28726.  p. 3992.]  6 June, 1913.</ref>
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He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 4 June, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28726/pages/3992 no. 28726.  p. 3992.]  6 June, 1913.</ref>
  
 
His son, Midshipman T. M. Field, was killed in the [[H.M.S. Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland|loss]] of [[H.M.S. Queen Mary (1912)|H.M.S. ''Queen Mary'']] at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May, 1916.
 
His son, Midshipman T. M. Field, was killed in the [[H.M.S. Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland|loss]] of [[H.M.S. Queen Mary (1912)|H.M.S. ''Queen Mary'']] at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May, 1916.

Revision as of 14:52, 3 November 2011

Admiral SIR Arthur Mostyn Field, K.C.B., F.R.S., Royal Navy, Retired (27 June, 1855 – 3 July, 1950) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Field was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1875.[1]

Field was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1889.[2]

Field was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1895, aged forty years and three days.[3]

Flag Rank

Field was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 May, 1906, vice Barrow.[4]

Field was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 22 July, 1910, vice Durnford.[5] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 24 August.[6]

On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.[7]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 4 June, 1913.[8]

His son, Midshipman T. M. Field, was killed in the loss of H.M.S. Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, 1916.

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 24256. p. 4905. 19 October, 1875.
  2. London Gazette: no. 25969. p. 4738. 30 August, 1889.
  3. London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27917. p. 3747. 29 May, 1906.
  5. London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.
  6. London Gazette: no. 28413. p. 6407. 6 September, 1910.
  7. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
  8. London Gazette: no. 28726. p. 3992. 6 June, 1913.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Mostyn Field" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 4 July, 1950. Issue 51734, col E, pg. 6.

Papers

Service Records