Jellicoe:Commander

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The Life of Admiral of the Fleet
John Rushworth Jellicoe,
First Earl Jellicoe
5 December, 1869 – 20 November, 1935
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Chapters
Background and Early Life • Service as Lieutenant • Commander • Command and China • Director of Naval Ordnance • Flag Rank and Controller • Sea Service and Second Sea Lord • Command of the Grand Fleet • The War at Sea, 1914-1916 • The Battle of Jutland • After Jutland • First Sea Lord and the Submarine Menace • Controversy and Dismissal • Empire Tour • Governor-General of New Zealand • The Jutland Controversy • Retirement • Death and Legacy

Jellicoe was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1891,[1] and remained on duty at the Admiralty. By now he had had been engaged on staff work for five years. In 1902, before a committee on promotions, he was asked by Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., "Did you find any drawback, being yourself so long on a staff appointment?" Jellicoe replied, "Yes, I did; I made every effort, the moment I was promoted to get to sea; and if I had not got to sea as quickly as I did, I think I should have been a failure."[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26188. p. 4070. 31 July, 1891.
  2. ↑ Minutes of Evidence. p. 32.The National Archives. ADM 116/881.

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