Grand Fleet 1914-1916 - Illusrated Edition

arly in 1914, whilst serving at the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord, I had been offered and had accepted the command of the Home Fleets, which in the ordinary course would have become vacant in the following December on the expiration of Admiral Sir George Callaghan''s term of command, and public announcement was made of the intended appointment.Sir George Callaghan was my senior by seven years, and ...