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She returned to England at the end of her posting to Singapore. In 1953, she attended a six month course at the WRAC [[Staff College]], [[Frimley Park]].<ref name="obit - Telegraph" /> Having completed the course, she was posted to the Staff Duties branch of the [[War Office]].<ref name="obit - Times" /> Her next posting were as a [[Staff (military)|staff officer]] of the London University WRAC [[Officer Training Corps]], and then as [[adjutant]] of 317 (Scottish) [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|TA]] Battalion WRAC.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> |
She returned to England at the end of her posting to Singapore. In 1953, she attended a six month course at the WRAC [[Staff College]], [[Frimley Park]].<ref name="obit - Telegraph" /> Having completed the course, she was posted to the Staff Duties branch of the [[War Office]].<ref name="obit - Times" /> Her next posting were as a [[Staff (military)|staff officer]] of the London University WRAC [[Officer Training Corps]], and then as [[adjutant]] of 317 (Scottish) [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|TA]] Battalion WRAC.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> |
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In 1961, she was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] and appointed chief instructor at the WRAC Centre, [[Guildford]].<ref name="obit - Telegraph" /> |
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Brigadier Anne Field, CB, ADC Hon (née Hodgson; 4 April 1926 – 25 June 2011) was a senior British military officer. She served as Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps from 1977 to 1982.
Military career
Field began her military career as a private in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).[1] She had joined the ATS in September 1947, having been exempt from conscription during World War II because she had been a university student.[2] Following training, her first posting was as a clerical instructor with the rank of lance corporal. She was selected for officer training and benefited from having instructors that had seen active service during the war. She was commissioned in December 1948 as a second subaltern (equivalent to second lieutenant.[1]
Her first posting as an officer was as a platoon commander based in the United Kingdom.[3] On 1 February 1949, the ATS became the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). Therefore, she became an officer of the WRAC and, for the first time, became subject to military law.[1] She had applied for overseas service upon her commission. The opportunity came for this during the Malayan Emergency (1948 to 1960) and she was posted to Singapore.[2][4] From 1951 to 1953, she served there as officer commanding of the 4th Independent Company, WRAC; a unit of 400 female personnel.[1][4]
She returned to England at the end of her posting to Singapore. In 1953, she attended a six month course at the WRAC Staff College, Frimley Park.[2] Having completed the course, she was posted to the Staff Duties branch of the War Office.[4] Her next posting were as a staff officer of the London University WRAC Officer Training Corps, and then as adjutant of 317 (Scottish) TA Battalion WRAC.[1]
In 1961, she was promoted to major and appointed chief instructor at the WRAC Centre, Guildford.[2]
Personal life
On 17 March 1956, she married Captain Anthony Field (born 1927). He was a British Army officer who at the time of their marriage was serving in West Germany with the British Army of the Rhine.[1] They did not have any children and they divorced in 1961 after five years of marriage.[2]
Honours and decorations
On 1 June 1977, Field was appointed Honorary Aide-de-Camp (ADC Hon) to Queen Elizabeth II.[5] In the 1980 New Year Honours, she was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[6] This honour was in recognition of her role as head of the WRAC, but it should be noted that up until ten years previously the directors were made dames upon appointment.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Natzio, Georgina (January 2015). "Field, Anne (1926–2011)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103764. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Brigadier Anne Field". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Obituary: Brigadier Anne Field CB, CBE, army professional". The Scotsman. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Brigadier Anne Field". The Times. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "No. 47245". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 13 June 1977. - ^ "No. 48041". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 28 December 1979.