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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 466

x Family Group: Pair: Colonel T.S.P. Field, Royal Artillery South Africa 1834-53 (1st. Lieut. T.S.P. Field, Royal Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Capt. T.S.P. Field, 13th. Bde. R. Art.), heavy contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, both with contemporary silver riband buckles Natal 1906 (Tpr: T.S.P. Field, Natal Mtd. Rifles.), planchet only, nearly very fine (3) Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 Colonel Thomas Samuel Poer Field (1827-91) was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, June 1848, and promoted Lieutenant, November 1848. He served with 4th Company, 5th Battalion Royal Artillery in South Africa during the Kaffir War 1851-52; 4/5 Royal Artillery was the only artillery unit on the frontier at this time and due to the nature of the conflict was often fragmented; Field´s Commanding Officer Captain Eardley-Wilmot, was killed in action on New Year´s Day 1852, and from then on Field took command of the Battery. Promoted Captain, April 1855, he served in India in 1858 commanding No.6 Field Battery, 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, and was present with Sir Hugh Rose´s Central India Field Force at the attack and capture of Fort Lahorie, the attack on Koonch, and the capture of Calpee (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Major, November 1858, and Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1870, he finally retired with the rank of Colonel in 1881. Trooper Thomas Samuel Poer Field, the nephew of Colonel T.S.P. Field, served with the Natal Mounted Rifles during the Natal Rebellion. Approximately 14 South Africa 1834-53 Medals awarded to Royal Artillery Officers, of which 6 were for the 1850-53 War.

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