John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859–1935)

This is a lavishly presented book with charts by one of the main actors of the biggest battleship battle. The prose is workmanlike, and this is the recollections of the man in charge, and does illustrate a good deal of the difficulties encountered in Jellicoe's attempt to bring off the Nelsonic victory bayed for by the popular press and politicians of the time. It is much referred to by later writers trying to advance their various causes.

Mr. Patterson has made a judicious selection of J.R. Jellicoe's papers and they do help to flesh out the interpretations of WWI history. The book has a set of Jutland Maps, and has messages sent during the fight. there is also a copy of the history of the Harper report on Jutland. A useful inclusion is the text of Jellicoe's naval report on the British Empire Mission of 1922. A good addition to any serious WWI naval library. read twice.

A detailed account of the Grand Fleet in WW1 by its leader Jellicoe. Detailed to the point it reads like his diaries. Little information on conditions and the shops themselves plus the German High Seas fleet or no dramatic rendition of Jutland. Understandable upon consideration so I needed to search further for this.