'THE GREAT WAR', 'THE WAR TO END WAR', 'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
by Wilfred Owen
31st MAY - 1st JUNE 1916
THE NAVAL SEA BATTLE
OF JUTLAND
FROM THE GALLERY
HMS 'Queen Mary' - Photo taken from HMS 'Tiger' about two hours before the action Also in the photo, HMS 'Princess Royal' and HMS 'Lion' From: 'The Fighting at Jutland' (abridged edition) edited by H.W. Fawcett, Royal Navy & G.W.W. Hooper, Royal Navy.
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