Mar. 30th, 2016

charlie_cochrane: (jury of one)
Often forgotten, compared to the Somme or similar land battles, Jutland saw a huge loss of life including that of Alexander Scrimgeour, he of “Scrimgeour's Small Scribbling Diary – The Truly Astonishing Wartime Diary and Letters of an Edwardian Gentleman, Naval Officer, Boy and Son”.

Hie thee to Portsmouth to see letters from the battle. Or read Scrimgeour's book!
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