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(Untitled), 23 Dec 1914

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/28/78-79

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] criticising Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender [Commander, 2nd Battle Squadron] for allowing German battle cruisers to escape following a raid on Scarborough [Yorkshire]. Fisher suggests that Warrender be made Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, in succession to Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux [earlier Hedworth Lambton] and that Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden should succeed Warrender and Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee then be sent to the Dardanelles as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean in Carden's place. [Hand-written, with typescript copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 23 Dec 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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