rclarke Posted 22 May , 2016 Share Posted 22 May , 2016 The Battle of Jutland 100th anniversary commemoration takes place on Tue 31 May. It will commence at 1330 with a parade from Palmerston Road, Southsea to the Naval War Memorial on Southsea Common. The commemoration service starts at 1400 at the war memorial. Rosemary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 23 May , 2016 Share Posted 23 May , 2016 http://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/battle-of-jutland-centenary-parade-and-ceremony-p1284761 Thanks for the reminder Rosemary. I'm moving this to Centenary Events for consistency.I'm sure a few of us will be attending. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 24 May , 2016 Share Posted 24 May , 2016 In the Hartlepool Mail, Heugh Battery with its own commemoration. Battery pays its own tribute to the epic Battle of Jutland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 25 May , 2016 Share Posted 25 May , 2016 I don't know any specific details, but there will be a short service to commemorate the Centenary at the National Memorial Arboretum on Tuesday 31st May at 10.50am. I'm planning on going to this, and I'll let you know what it was like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 28 May , 2016 Share Posted 28 May , 2016 Image and complete poem https://www.flickr.com/photos/glosters/6253327716 From : THE BALLAD OF JACK CORNWELL VCBy Charles Causley Mother don't watch for postie,I shan't have time to write,I'm off to the Battle of Jutland,And there's no shore leave tonight.Don't weep on the kitchen tableIf a letter I don't send.Today is the Battle of JutlandAnd there won't be a make and mend. Who are all those swimmersKnocking on our bulkhead,Gazing face-down at their fortunesOn the stone sea bed?With the ramming watersThey no longer toil.Their breath is turned to quiet salt,And their lungs to oil. Suddenly around meThe Gunnery Jacks all spokeTheir terrible words of gunpowderAnd sentences of smoke.The deck blew up like a candle,I heard the Gunner's Mate say,It looks more like November the fifthThan the thirty-first of May. But the catherine wheels were made of iron,The stars were made of steel,And downward came a scarring rainThe sun will never heal.Death came on like winterThrough the water-gate.All I could do by the forecastle gunWas stand alone, and wait. The Battle of Jutland HMS Chester 1916 - 2016 LEST WE FORGET An interesting article here The images are of Jack Cornwalls brother none exist of Jack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3612501/Remembered-Grave-16-year-old-hero-won-Victoria-Cross-Battle-Jutland-finally-gets-protected-status-100-years-on.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 28 May , 2016 Share Posted 28 May , 2016 MATCHBOX HOLDER Back: “These colours will not run” Spine:“For King & Country” Front: RN Gun crew in action Image https://www.flickr.com/photos/glosters/4469467249 A personal account by Chief Yeoman of Signals J R Hemsted on board HMS IRON DUKE https://www.flickr.com/photos/glosters/27024947480/in/photostream/ LEST WE FORGET 1916 - 2016 Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 31 May , 2016 Share Posted 31 May , 2016 Jutland survivors aboard a hospital ship, there would be many with appalling burns from red hot steam coming from broken pipes or the flash of cordite as the ships guns magazines were struck by shells. The sailor 4th from the right in the back row appears to be wearing an HMS Tiger hatband if so this is what happened to her at Jutland on that fateful day/ Tiger was hit a total of 18 times during the battle, mostly by shells fired by Moltke, suffering 24 men killed and 46 wounded. The battlecruiser fired 303 shells from her main guns during the battle and is credited with one hit on Moltke and two on Von der Tann. The ship also fired 136 rounds from her 6-inch guns at the light cruiser Wiesbaden and German destroyers An image from page 625 in Vol 2 of "I Was There" Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Just out of interest if anyone went to a Jutland Commemoration can they post images here please. I watched the one from Scotland for about 30 mins which for me was enough though the personal stories were the best and it went downhill from then on. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 I was reading earlier that Grey Point Fort 'fired' their 6" gun to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. There are three 6" guns also at batteries on the Shetlands, be rather nice if they were 'fired' perhaps to commemorate the anniversary of the Armistice in 2019. Are there any other coastal batteries with guns in situ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 6 June , 2016 Share Posted 6 June , 2016 I don't know any specific details, but there will be a short service to commemorate the Centenary at the National Memorial Arboretum on Tuesday 31st May at 10.50am. I'm planning on going to this, and I'll let you know what it was like. I did attend this service, and it was very good. it was a pretty normal service with no real differences to the usual, although one "omission" was that the Kohima Epitaph wasn't said, which is, I think, a first for me. The service was lead by Revd. Tim Flowers CF, who is, I think, a Methodist Minister in Tamworth. It was followed by an brief explanation of the Battle, by The Lord's Prayer and a reading from John Chapter 15, Verses 10 to 17. The standard Act of Remembrance (with the change detailed above) followed with the Last Post and Reveille being played by a lady trumpeter from the Police. These were followed by Prayers of Intercession and we then sang "The day thou gavest, Lord is ended", and the service was concluded by a Blessing. There was a decent crowd - probably around 60 to 70 including quite a few NMA staff. It took place in the new Naval Services Memorial and this is quite impressive. I'm glad that I attended, although as my camera's batteries decided to expire just before the service, sadly I haven't any images that I can post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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