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Revision as of 14:01, 17 July 2012
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
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 24256. p. 4905. 19 October, 1875.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25969. p. 4738. 30 August, 1889.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27917. p. 3747. 29 May, 1906.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28413. p. 6407. 6 September, 1910.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
- ↑ 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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
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