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Admirals of the British Navy

I ADMIRAL SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O

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859. He was educated at Rottingdean, and entered the Navy in 1872, becoming in 1880 a Li

e gained the Egyptian Medal and Khedive's Bronze Star. In 18

volunteers, which set out to rescue the crew of a steamer stranded on a sandbank near Gibraltar. A heavy sea was r

mperdown" on June 27th, 1893. At the time of the catastrophe Commander Jellicoe was suffering from Mediterranean fever. He was promoted to Captain on January 1st, 1897. During the Boxer outbreak in 1900 he was Flag-Captain in the

the King, a post which he held until February 8th, 1907, when he became an Admiral. From August, 1907, to August, 1908, he was Rear-Admiral in the Atlantic Fleet, becoming Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy at the end of 1908. He commanded the Atlantic Fleet in 1910, wit

hief Command of the Grand Fleet, with the acting rank of A

der in Council, dated November 10th, 1914, laid down that "Admiral Jellicoe on his promotion to the ra

miral Jellicoe receiv

t Sea Lord, the title "Chief of Naval

ass), the Order of the First Class of the Rising Sun with Paulounia, and the Grand Cordon of the Order of

t is pleasant to remember that Captain Jellicoe lived to see his son in command of the Grand Fleet during the greatest war in history. This close connection between the two branches

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“IF the English are singularly incurious about their Navy, that attitude must not be thought to imply neglect. On the contrary, it is a blend of admiration, respect, and, above all, confidence, induced very largely by the Navy itself. For so long has the Navy minded its own silent business that we—otherwise so inquisitive a people—have come to look upon it as beyond examination and (normally too eager to cut open the drum and explore its resources) trustfully to leave it to its own devices, conscious that those devices are wholly in our own interests.”
1 INTRODUCTION2 I ADMIRAL SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O3 II ADMIRAL SIR CECIL BURNEY, G.C.M.G., K.C.B4 III ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES EDWARD MADDEN, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O5 IV REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD FORTESCUE PHILLIMORE, C.B., M.V.O6 V VICE-ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD H. S. BACON, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O7 VI VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN MICHAEL de ROBECK, K.C.B8 VII VICE-ADMIRAL TREVYLYAN DACRES WILLES NAPIER, C.B., M.V.O9 VIII REAR-ADMIRAL SIR OSMOND DE BEAUVOIR BROCK, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G10 IX REAR-ADMIRAL LIONEL HALSEY, C.B., C.M.G11 X VICE-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM C. PAKENHAM, K.C.B., K.C.V.O12 XI COMMODORE GODFREY M. PAINE, C.B., M.V.O13 XII COMMODORE SIR REGINALD YORKE TYRWHITT, K.C.B., D.S.O