The new Danish Sea War Museum in Thyborøn, Denmark.[/caption]
HMS Iron Duke’s Union Jack, probably given to the Church in the 1920s by Admiral Jellicoe, is being graciously loaned back to the family for the duration of the commemorations. The flag will be on display at the September 15th opening of the Gert Normann Andersen’s...
[caption id="attachment_15229" align="alignnone" width="300"] Father Jellicoe his uncle, Lord Jellicoe, Admiral of the fleet, the 1st Earl of Scapa. seen here on a visit to St. Mary’s Flats, Drummond Crescent. The Admiral had laid the foundation stone in 1928.[/caption] John Jellicoe’s brother, Frederick, was not only...
[caption id="attachment_15223" align="alignnone" width="495"] The 710 student strong school was completed in 1933.[/caption] The foundation stone to the Royal Hospital School’s new Suffolk location was laid in 1927 by Admiral Jellicoe. Later Gwendoline, his younger wife, continued the tradition, as did my father, George Jellicoe when...
The final resting place of SMS Lützow, Hipper's flagship at Jutland and scuttled early in the morning of June 1st. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3219894/FOUND-Stunning-3D-scans-final-North-Sea-resting-place-German-flagship-scuttled-British-Navy-1916-Battle-Jutland.html...
[caption id="attachment_15202" align="alignnone" width="300"] David Smith, Equal Speed Charlie London, Portsmouth, Waterlooville.[/caption] Just after having received the Equal Speed Charlie London lapel badge from David Smith. A pin that I will particularly treasure.The signal to deploy the Grand Fleet was made by Admiral Jellicoe on 31st May...
I have a firm conviction that stories about Jutland will keep on being found even now. With the Jutland Initiative, there is a platform that can house them. Please post anything like this that you see, particularly from the German side. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/family-of-tragic-leeds-war-hero-reunited-with-heart-wrenching-letter-1-7426280...
A few days ago the restored conning tower of the British submarine, the E-50, arrived at its new home. She was commissioned in January 1917. Carefully moving the conning tower into the purpose built museum room where she will shortly be able to be seen by...
Berlin, July 18 2015. Meeting with Peter Schenk, German military historian and author of a number of books including a study of the German military campaigns in Greece (Kampf um die Ägäis ( Mittler, Hamburg 2000) and Karl Heinz Jockel, founder of www.marine-archiv.com in Berlin in July...
Munich, May 31st, 2015. I met up with the charming Dr. Wolf von Tirpitz, grandson of Großadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz, last May 31st, on Skagerrakstag. The meeting was made possible by Jörg Wehmer of the deutsche Marine Bund whom I had first met at the Wilhelmshaven...