Adm. Horace Hood & Cmdr. Loftus Jones

[Jesse]

Anyone know when Horace Hood was stationed at the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and whether he and Loftus Jones were friends and played golf together before the war?

[spithead]

Anyone know when Horace Hood was stationed at the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and whether he and Loftus Jones were friends and played golf together before the war?

Hello Jesse

Adm. Horace Lambert Hood. Capt. Hood was in command of the Royal Naval Colledge, Osborne Oct. 1910 - Jan. 1913.

Regards John

[Jesse]

Hello Jesse

Adm. Horace Lambert Hood. Capt. Hood was in command of the Royal Naval Colledge, Osborne Oct. 1910 - Jan. 1913.

Regards John

Thanks John. I was trying to timeline a letter from him with the RN College letterhead, dated Nov. 11th, but without a year, so it is most likely 1910 or 1911. I do recall his being made Admiral in 1913, do you know what date?

[spithead]

Thanks John. I was trying to timeline a letter from him with the RN College letterhead, dated Nov. 11th, but without a year, so it is most likely 1910 or 1911. I do recall his being made Admiral in 1913, do you know what date?

Jesse

He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral 17 May 1913

Regards John

[Jonathan Saunders]

Jesse ... What is your interest in Loftus Jones?

[Jesse]

Jesse ... What is your interest in Loftus Jones?

This same letter opens with "My dear Loftus", so I was curious as to whether they were, in fact, friends and associates before the war. I don't have an envelope with this letter, so it's not clear as to who it was sent to, but the name Loftus in naval circles seems likely to have been Cmdr. Loftus Jones, or the Admiral Loftus Jones, who died in 1912. Hood mentions the golf games they used to play together, and that his game is improved.