NOTABLE TRIBUTE
LATE EARL JELLICOE
THE KING'S SORROW
"A GEEAT SEAMAN"
(British Official Wireless.) (Received November 23, 11.45 a.m.) RUGBY, November 22. A Court circular issued from Buckingham Palace last night contained the following notable tribute by the King to the memory of the late Lord Jellicoe:— "The King has learned with profound sorrow of the death of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe, who will for all time be remembered as Commander of the Grand Fleet during the- long and critical period of the war. The King knows that the loss of this great seaman will be deeply felt throughout the whole Empire and not least by the people of New Zealand, the Royal Navy, and ex-servicemen, whose confidence and affection he quickly won by his devotion to their welfare." The Archbishop of Canterbury will take part in the funeral service on Monday at' St. Paul's Cathedral. The burial will take place in the crypt of the cathedral, close to the sarcophagus which contains the coffin'of Lord Nelson. It is announced from Berlin that Vice-Admiral Foerster, Commander-in-Chief of trie High Seas Fleet, will represent the German Navy at the funeral. During the funeral ships of the German Fleet will carry their flags at halfmast. It is officially announced from Buckingham Palace that the Prince of Wales will represent the King at the funeral.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 11
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