Earl Jellicoe Passes at Age of 75: Hero of Battle of Jutland: Tributes by German Officers (THE most famous British naval commander in the Great War and one who will be remembered with the great naval heroes of English history, died last Wednesday in the person of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa. Lord Jellicoe contracted a chill, says a Reuter message, while attending the Armistice Service at the Cenotaph—he was a former President of the British Legion—and it developed into lung trouble.
For a time he appeared to be making satisfactory progress but he suddenly had a relapse Jast Wednesday afternoon and died in the presence of all members of his family.
Lord Jellicoe rendered great service to the country by his command of the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland which ended in the retreat of the German High Seas Fleet. Later Lord Jellicoe at the Admiralty broke the back of the deadly campaign by which the German submarines nearly won the war.
Among the tributes Paid to his memory are striking messages of esteem from German naval commanders.
Lord Jellicoe after the War was a most successful Governor-General of New Zealand. The news of his death has been received with the deepest regret by Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer who served six times with Lord Jellicoe and was his Flag Captain in the Iron Duke at the Battle of Jutland, Lord Jellicoe served as a Captain in the Boxer Ex-edition of 1900 and was severely wounded in the lung at the battle of Pei Tsang. An apr lation of his career based partly on information supplied to th Journal by one of his closest friends follows:
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