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Died. Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., 71, of London, Admiral of the British Fleet, second in command at the famed Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916), in London. His son, Commander Charles Dennistoun Burney. designer of Airship R-100, succeeds to the baronetcy...
...captained the Neptune at Trafalgar (1805) under Lord Nelson. His son, Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, retired last year. Admiral Sir Edmund's snowy whiskers often festooned a royal carriage at the opening of Parliament. On his gist birthday he criticized the wary tactics of Admiral Jellicoe at Jutland (1916). "When you see ships," he stated, "you are supposed to fight them. I did in my day, and we took risks...
Died. Admiral Reinhold Scheer, 65, commander of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916; of heart disease; in Marktred-witz, Germany. Famed -British Admiral Earl Beatty, whose battle cruisers met Scheer at Jutland, wrote to the London Daily Express: "He was a great sailor and a bold and skillful tactician...
...realized in 1917 the dream of Medieval Crusaders by capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem from Infidels who are still Infidels. Likewise among the twelve is Admiral Earl Jellicoe, trim and hearty at 68, who commanded the British Grand Fleet in the victorious though costly action at Jutland (1916) after which Ger mans did not again dispute the seas with Britons. The remaining Knights inducted, last week, were: General Sir Josceline Heneage Wodehouse, General Sir John Maxwell, Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Keogh, Admiral Sir Henry Bradwordine Jackson, Admiral Baron Wester Wemyss, Admiral Sir Charles Madden, Lt. Col. Sir Maurice Hankey...
Commander Grady discussed the technique of the navy, showing the importance of the cruiser and the battleship and indicating their relative speeds in comparison with that of the submarine. He gave a brilliant description of the battle of Jutland and the flight of the Germans, drawing from the struggle an example of the necessity of preparedness. "In view of these conditions," Commander Grady stated in closing, "no one should view with apprehension the spending of money on the proposed program...