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ROYAL NAVY MEDALS - AWARDS of the ORDER OF MERIT

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1916

 

 

29751 - 15 SEPTEMBER 1916

 

BATTLE OF JUTLAND - AWARDS TO OFFICERS

  

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

 

ORDER OF MERIT.

The KING (is) pleased to make the following appointment to the Order of Merit, to date from the 31st May, 1916.

Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet (see Despatch of 24th June, 1916).

 

 

 

1919

 

 

31379 - 30 MAY 1919 

 

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

 

The KING (is) pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to make the following appointments to the Order of Merit:

(including)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.


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