Admiral in The Royal Navy
Promoted to the rank of rear admiral on 11 February 1919, Field became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in March 1920. Advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1923 New Year Honours, he was given the command of the Battlecruiser Squadron with his flag in the battlecruiser HMS Hood early that year. He took the squadron, comprising HMS Hood, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and the light cruisers HMS Delhi, HMS Dauntless, HMS Danae, HMS Dragon and HMS Dunedin, on an "Empire Cruise" between November 1923 and September 1924. Promoted to vice-admiral on 26 September 1924, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on 29 September 1924 for his service on the Empire Cruise. He went on to be Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in May 1925 and, having been promoted to full admiral on 5 April 1928, he became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in June 1928.
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