Add MS 49041/1

JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. LIII Part I, ff. 1-166

ff.167-332 can be found in Part II, which is a physically seperate volume from Part I

Volume contains:

Replies by Jellicoe - headed (f. 1) 'Part I' - to criticisms, made chiefly in published works, of Jellicoe’s actions in pre-War days, while commanding the Grand Fleet including during the Battle of Jutland, and as First Sea Lord; 1923-1927, n.d. Mostly typewritten with autograph corrections. Replies consist of:

-Two drafts (ff. 1-60 and 61-105) responding to criticisms made by Sir Winston Churchill in The World Crisis, vols. i-ii, 1923.

-Two drafts (ff. 106-113) by Jellicoe of ‘The Battle of Jutland’ giving his account of the difficulties confronting him as Commander-in-Chief of The Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland.

-Two drafts (ff. 114-174) by Jellicoe of ‘The Admiralty Narrative of The Battle of Jutland’ giving his opinion of the Narrative of the Battle of Jutland, 1924. Folios 167-174 of the second draft can be found in Part II.

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe: Correspondence and papers: 1893-1935.

Navy; England: Papers of Lord Jellicoe: 1893-1935.

includes:

ff. 1-104, 183, 264 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG; Prime Minister: Replies by Lord Jellicoe to criticisms by, in his `World Crisis': circa 1923, 1927: and typewritten: Autogr.

ff. 106-265 Jutland, Denmark: Correspondence and papers rel. to Battle of Jutland: 1916-1929.

ff. 180-182 Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough, KCB: Letters to Lord Jellicoe: 1914-1927.