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Revision as of 09:31, 5 April 2020

File:Henry Field Magnificent.jpg
Field as a Lieutenant in Magnificent, c. 1905.
From official officers' photograph in album of George Napier Tomlin.

Commander (retired) Henry Chalker Durrant Field, R.N. (19 July, 1880 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Field was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1902.

Field was appointed to the battleship Magnificent on service with the Channel Fleet from 16 July 1904 through 5 November, 1906.

Field was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1910.

Field was appointed in command of the destroyer Harpy on 31 July, 1912.[1]

Field was appointed in command of the third class protected cruiser Proserpine on 14 January, 1914.[2]

Field was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 4 November, 1923.

World War II

Served in shore-based appointments and reverted to the Retired List in 1942.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles A. Fremantle
Captain of H.M.S. Leven
20 Dec, 1906[3] – 27 Jul, 1909[Inference]
Succeeded by
George W. McO. Campbell
Preceded by
Hugh P. Buckle
Captain of H.M.S. Kennet
27 Jul, 1909[4] – 1 Jun, 1910
Succeeded by
Percy Withers
Preceded by
Percy Withers
Captain of H.M.S. Foyle
1 Jun, 1910 – 20 Jun, 1910
Succeeded by
Bernard M. Harvey
Preceded by
Harold V. Dundas
Captain of H.M.S. Harpy
31 Jul, 1912[5] – 20 Nov, 1913[Inference]
Succeeded by
Gerald C. Dickens
Preceded by
Gerald C. Dickens
Captain of H.M.S. Albatross
20 Nov, 1913 – 14 Jan, 1914
Succeeded by
Clive Phillipps-Wolley
Preceded by
Tufton P. H. Beamish
Captain of H.M.S. Proserpine
9 Feb, 1914[6] – 18 Jun, 1914
Succeeded by
George C. Hardy

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 322.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 362.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 340.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 335.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 322a.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 362.