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Jellicoe

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname.

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, British admiral in the First World War

A community in Greenstone municipality, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

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Examples

After a breakfast meeting (13 February 1917) with Lloyd George, Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the Admiralty) and Admirals Jellicoe and Duff agreed to "conduct experiments". Source: Internet

Beatty succeeded Admiral John Jellicoe as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet and received promotion to the acting rank of admiral in December 1916. Source: Internet

By December it was clear that Lloyd George would have to sack Jellicoe or lose Eric Geddes (First Lord of the Admiralty), who wanted to return to his previous job in charge of military transport in France. Source: Internet

Brooks, p. 135 Jellicoe arranged for the output of naval ordnance to be transferred from the War Office to the Admiralty. Source: Internet

Before Jellicoe left for leave on Christmas Eve he received a letter from Geddes demanding his resignation. Source: Internet

Brooks, p. 232-237 Jellicoe certainly made no significant mistakes during the battle: based on limited intelligence, he correctly deployed the Grand Fleet with a turn to port so as to " cross the T " of the German High Seas Fleet as it appeared. Source: Internet

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