Sir Frederick Field Placed on Retired List London, Jan. 20.
The 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, First and Principal AD.C, to the King since 1988 and Commandor-in-Chief, Portsmouth, since 1997, has been appointed Admiral of the Fleet In succession to Sir Frederick Laurence Field, who has been placed on the retired lst, according fo an announcement made to-day by the British Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Sir William Mil-hume James, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Deouty Chief of the Naval Staff since 1935, has been promoted to Admiral, Sir Frederick Field, who has been Admiral of the Fleet since 1033, Janded in China as a Lieutenant, fro the Barfleur during the Boxer bellion in 1900. He was wounded the taking of Tientsin and was men-Hioned in despatches. He was awarded the China medal and the Relief of Peking clasp. He ts '07 years old, The Eatl of Cork and Orrery, who 5 years old, also served in Chinn in 1000, and, during the European War, he commanded H.MES. Tepuls.
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