“The late Lance Corporal J Field, 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, has been mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch, and recommended for gallant and distinguished service in the field, was the son of Mr John Field, a joiner of Whitchurch, who fell in action on the 22nd of December last at Festubert. He and his Lieutenant continued to hold their trench alone until both fell gallantly fighting to the last. He is the first Whitchurch soldier to gain the distinction of being mentioned in despatches.”

Shrewsbury News & Wellington Journal January 1915