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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/1/8-9

Scope and Contents

Draft letter from WSC (Admiralty), to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], with proposals for a new Board of Admiralty, recommending Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman as 1st Sea Lord, with Captain Charles de Bartolome as his Naval Assistant, Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven] as 2nd Sea Lord, Rear-Admiral Charles Briggs to retain his post as 3rd Sea Lord and Captain William Pakenham as 4th Sea Lord, also recommending Vice-Admiral Sir George Callaghan to succeed Bridgeman as Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, with Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as his second in command "and we shall thus be able to see what fitness he will develop for the succession". [Manuscript].

Dates

  • Creation: 16 Nov 1911

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 2, pp. 1335-36

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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