Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lieut. H. C. D. Field, R.N., H.M.S. Gibraltar) good very fine £180-220

Navy Lists indicate that the recipient was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 1 April 1910 and at the outbreak of the Great War he was serving as Divisional Inspecting Officer with the Coast Guard in County Sligo, Ireland. In early 1917 he was promoted to Acting Commander and appointed to H.M.S. Victory; confirmed as Commander on 30 June 1917, he remained in this posting until the end of hostilities. In January 1928 he retired with the rank of Captain. Recalled for service in the Second World War, he served at H.M.S. Prosperine, the Naval Base at Scapa Flow.