Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Rear-Admiral H. H. Bousfield, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. H. Bousfield. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. H. H. Bousfield. R.N.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (5) £260-300

Henry Hugh Bousfield was born in Hoole, Cheshire on 30 November 1889. Appointed a Midshipman in the Royal Navy on 15 January 1906, he was promoted to Sub Lieutenant in March 1909, Lieutenant in June 1910 and Lieutenant-Commander in June 1918. Specialising in Navigation, he was Lieutenant on the light cruiser H.M.S. Skirmisher, 1913-17 and then on the battleship H.M.S. King George V, 1917-19. He qualified for staff duties in 1922, was promoted to Commander in 1924 and afterwards served on the staff of the Atlantic Fleet for two periods before and after commanding destroyer divisions in H.M.Ships Wryneck and Volunteer, 1926-28. In June 1931 he was promoted to Captain. Served as Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, September 1931-October 1933. Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1935-38. Captain of the cruiser H.M.S. Manchester, 1938-40. He was appointed to the staff of the C. in C. Mediterranean in 1940. Placed on the Retired List as Rear-Admiral in July 1941 he was immediately reappointed to serve as Captain in the Dover Command and later in command of the Dover Naval Station. He reverted to the Retired List in June 1946. Latterly living at Foxhold, Bucklebury Common, Bradfield, Reading. Rear-Admiral Bousfield died on 6 November 1947. With a quantity of copied research including service papers and copied photographs.