Service in Korean War
He served two years in the Royal Army Service Corps, seeing service in Korea. When discharged from the military it was with 'a very good character'. The Korean War lasted from 25 June 1950 until an Armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, with 63,000 British troops involved (part of over 1 million troops on the South Korean side). Field would have been 18 when the war was over. While the Service Corps were considered combat personnel, they were primarily associated with transport and logistics.
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