Centenary Demonstration and Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland

whole: the image occupies the upper half, with text integrated and placed upper right in dark blue and red. The title is positioned in the lower half, in black. All are set against a plain white background and held within a blue-grey border. image: a half-length British sailor standing arms crossed against a flowing Royal Navy ensign. A battleship is located background left. text: BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY IN SERVICE FOR THE SAILOR [society badge located at each corner] BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1818. - INCORPORATED Chief Offices: WAKEFIELD HOUSE. CHEAPSIDE, LONDON E.C.2 Headquarters: The Sailors Palace, Commercial Road, London, E.14 PATRONS: THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. COPYRIGHT ROYAL ALBERT HALL, Friday, May 31st, at 7 p.m. (Manager - - - Mr. HILTON CARTER) CENTENARY DEMONSTRATION AND ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND CHAIRMAN: The Rt. Hon. THE MARQUIS OF CREWE, K.G. SPEAKERS: ADMIRAL VISCOUNT JELLICOE, O.M., G.C.B. The Rt. Rev. THE LORD BISHOP OF HEREFORD AND Rev. R. C. GILLIE, M.A. Soloists: - Miss CARRIE TUBB and Mr. HARRY DEARTH Selections by the WEST LONDON CHORAL UNION (L.C.C. Evening Institutes) Organist: Mr. F.G. SHUTTLEWORTH. A STRIKING FILM showing how the Society deals with Torpedoed Crews etc. ADMISSION: BOXES and ARENA (Reserved for Subscribers and Friends); STALLS, 5s; BALCONY, 3s (including Tax); GALLERY FREE (by Ticket). All Tickets to be obtained Messrs. KEITH, PROWSE AND CO. and Branches, at the ALBERT HALL, and from the Secretary, (B. and F. S. S.), Wakefield House, 32, Cheapside, E.C.2 Doors Open 6.15 p.m. FELL AND BRIANT LONDON, S.E.

Generic poster with blank area for additional text. See also PST 11007 and PST 11006. From the Battle of Jutland Anniversary series, see also PST 11004 and PST 11005.

The Battle of Jutland was the largest sea battle of the First World War, and the only time that the British and German fleets met. The British had been happy to keep the German fleet blockaded in port; the Germans felt unable to take on the numerically superior British fleet. The German commander, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, entered the North Sea with the entire German High Seas Fleet in May 1916, planning to pick off small groups of British ships. Unfortunately for him, the British had cracked the German communication codes and sent the entire British Grand Fleet from Scapa Flow to intercept him. The two sides finally clashed off the Danish coast on May 31st, but the battle proved to be indecisive. Both sides claimed victory, but in the end Jutland favoured the British: it preserved stalemate in the North Sea until the end of the war.

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