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On 4 December had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace upon his appointment as First Sea Lord, when he was also invested with | On 4 December Jellicoe had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace upon his appointment as First Sea Lord, when he was also invested with the Insignia of a member of the Order of Merit. Admiral Sir Henry Jackson also had an audience with the King, upon taking up the position of President of the Royal Naval College.<ref>"Court Circular" (Court and Social). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 5 December, 1916. Issue '''41342''', col B, pg. 11.</ref> | ||
the Insignia of a member of the Order of Merit. Admiral Sir Henry Jackson also had an audience with the King, upon taking up the position of President of the Royal Naval College.<ref>"Court Circular" (Court and Social). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 5 December, 1916. Issue '''41342''', col B, pg. 11.</ref> | |||
==Convoy== | ==Convoy== | ||
Jellicoe later claimed in ''The Submarine Peril'' that before becoming First Sea Lord, "I had at an earlier date suggested to the Admiralty the desirability of instituting ocean convoys as a protection against raiders, but was informed that this was quite impossible owing to shortage of vessels for the ocean escort."<ref>Jellicoe. ''The Submarine Peril''. p. 7.</ref> | Jellicoe later claimed in ''The Submarine Peril'' that before becoming First Sea Lord, "I had at an earlier date suggested to the Admiralty the desirability of instituting ocean convoys as a protection against raiders, but was informed that this was quite impossible owing to shortage of vessels for the ocean escort."<ref>Jellicoe. ''The Submarine Peril''. p. 7.</ref> | ||
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On 4 December Jellicoe had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace upon his appointment as First Sea Lord, when he was also invested with the Insignia of a member of the Order of Merit. Admiral Sir Henry Jackson also had an audience with the King, upon taking up the position of President of the Royal Naval College.[1]
Convoy
Jellicoe later claimed in The Submarine Peril that before becoming First Sea Lord, "I had at an earlier date suggested to the Admiralty the desirability of instituting ocean convoys as a protection against raiders, but was informed that this was quite impossible owing to shortage of vessels for the ocean escort."[2]
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