AN HISTORIC GROUP
PHOTOGRAPH ON QUARTERDECK OF H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.
A framed portrait of considerable historic value, in that it depicts the quarterdeck of the gift dreadnought H.M.S. New Zealand, has been presented to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve by Sir James Allen (states the “Otago Daily Times”). On the quarterdeck is a large group of famous personalities, including His Majesty the King, Mr. Winston Churchill, Earl Jellicoe, Prince Louis of Battenberg (then First Sea Lord), Admiral Sir Hugh Evans Thomas (who commanded the Fifth . Battle Squadron at Jutland);" Sir James Allen, Sir Joseph Ward, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, and Admiral Halsey (A.D.C. to the Prince of Wales during his tour through the Dominion), as well as a large number of officers of all ranks. On the super-, structure above the group can be seen the names Tasman and Cook, with the respective dates 1642 and 1769, commemorating tbeir discoveries of New Zealand, while between them stands a large heraldic shield bearing the date 1840, the year of New Zealand’s recognition as a Crown colony.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 15
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174AN HISTORIC GROUP Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 15
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