Four: Able Seaman H. Field, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (H. Field, A.B., H.M.S. Redpole); 1914-15 Star (180640, H. Field, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (180640 H. Field. A.B. R.N.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘R.N. 15419’, good very fine (5) £200-£240

Approximately 72 China Medals awarded to H.M.S. Redpole.

Harry Field was born in Nailsea, Somerset, on 12 June 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 30 August 1894. Advanced Able Seaman on 13 December 1897, he served in H.M.S. Redpole from 1 January 1899 to 8 May 1902, and saw active service during the Third China War. Discharged on 13 June 1908, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day, but was recalled for war service in August 1914, before being invalided out of the service on 23 February 1915.

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