Notes on Jellicoe

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Dismissal of Jellicoe

"You kill him, I'll bury him." Northcliffe: an Intimate Biography (London, 1930), p. 185.

"...the change was due to Northcliffe's pressure on the Prime Minister." Jellicoe to Beatty. FDSF (London, 1969), p. 342.

Sims was "distressed...particularly when the efforts of all your anti-submarine efforts are showing such promising results of a complete success." FDSF (London, 1969), p. 343.

Jellicoe stated that "it was more dignified to say nothing at all on the subject at any rate while the war lasted." FDSF (London, 1969), p. 344.

Admiralissimo in the Mediterranean

"Although I am told the scheme is not dead I don't myself think it will ever mature." Jellicoe to W.H. Kelly, 29 August 1918. NWiM (London, 1987), p. 531.

Wemyss commented that had Jellicoe been Admiralissimo the enemy's warships would have been dealt with much easier. NWiM (London, 1987), p. 534.

French, Italian bickering over issue, American interference, British waiting and seeing. NWiM (London, 1987), pp. 522-534.

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