Order of Battle at Jutland - British Forces

British Forces

The Grand Fleet (GF)
listed in order from van to rear following deployment, 6:30pm 31 May

Commander-in-chief of Grand Fleet: Admiral Sir John (Rushworth) Jellicoe, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. (flag on “Iron Duke”)

Chief of the Staff of the Commander-in-chief: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (Edward) Madden, K.C.B., C.V.O.

Captain of the Fleet: Commodore 1st class Lionel Halsey, C.B., C.M.G., AdC., R.N.

Master of the Fleet: Captain Oliver (Elles) Leggett, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander the Honourable Matthew (Robert) Best, M.V.O., R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Charles (Morton) Forbes, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Alexander (Raill) Wadham, R.N.

Flag Commander to Admiral Commander-in-chief: Commander Richard (Lindsay) Nicholson, R.N.

Second Battle Squadron (2BS), Cromarty

Commander 2BS: Vice-Admiral (Thomas Henry) Martyn Jerram, K.C.B.

Second-in-command 2BS: Rear-Admiral Arthur (Cavenagh) Leveson, C.B.

First Division

• Battleship HMS “King George V” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 2BS): Captain Frederick (Laurence) Field, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Ajax”: Captain George (Henry) Baird, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Centurion”: Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, M.V.O., R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Erin”: Captain the Honourable Victor (Albert) Stanley, M.V.O., AdC., R.N.

Second Division

• Battleship HMS “Orion” (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 2BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Oliver Backhouse, C.B., R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Monarch”: Captain George (Holmes) Borrett, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Conqueror”: Captain Hugh (Henry Darby) Tothill, AdC., R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Thunderer”: Captain James (Andrew) Fergusson, R.N.

• Scout cruiser HMS “Boadicea” (attached 2BS): Captain Louis (Charles Stirling) Woollcombe, M.V.O., R.N.

Flagship (in company with 4BS)

• Battleship HMS “Iron Duke” (flag to Admiral Commander-in-Chief GF): Captain Frederic (Charles) Dreyer, C.B., R.N.

• Scout cruiser HMS “Active” (attached Fleet Flagship): Captain Percy Withers, R.N.
• Flotilla leader HMS “Abdiel” (destroyer-minelayer, attached Fleet Flagship): Commander Berwick Curtis, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Oak” (tender Fleet Flagship): Lieutenant-Commander Douglas Faviell, M.V.O., R.N.

Fourth Battle Squadron (4BS), Scapa Flow

Commander 4BS: Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick Charles) Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Flag Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS: Commander William (Mibourne) James, R.N.

Second-in-command 4BS: Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander (Ludovic) Duff, C.B., 1st Baronet, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.

Third Division

• Battleship HMS “Royal Oak”: Captain Crawford Maclachlan, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Superb” (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 4BS): Captain (Acting as Flag Captain) Edmond Hyde Parker, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Canada”: Captain William (Coldingham Masters) Nicholson, R.N.

Fourth Division

• Battleship HMS “Benbow” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 4BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Henry Wise Parker, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Bellerophon”: Captain Edward (Francis) Bruen, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Temeraire”: Captain Edwin (Veale) Underhill, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Vanguard”: Captain James (Douglas) Dick, R.N.

• Scout cruiser HMS “Blanche” (attached 4BS): Captain John (Moore) Casement, R.N.

First Battle Squadron (1BS), Scapa Flow

Second-in-command GF, Commander 1BS: Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.

Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS: Captain (Edmund) Percy (Fenwick George) Grant, R.N. (Commodore 2nd class)

Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS: Lieutenant-Commander James (Buller) Kitson, R.N.

Second-in-command 1BS: Rear-Admiral Ernest (Frederick Augustus) Gaunt, C.M.G.

Fifth Division

• Battleship HMS “Colossus” (flag to Rear-Admiral Second-in-command 1BS): Captain (Flag Captain) Alfred (Dudley Pickman Rogers) Pound, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Collingwood”: Captain James (Clement) Ley, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “St. Vincent”: Captain William (Wordsworth) Fisher, M.V.O., R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Neptune”: Captain Vivian (Henry Gerald) Bernard, R.N.

Sixth Division

• Battleship HMS “Marlborough” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding 1BS): Captain George (Parish) Ross, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Revenge”: Captain Edward (Buxton) Kiddle, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Hercules”: Captain Lewis Clinton-Baker, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Agincourt”: Captain Henry (Montagu) Doughty, R.N.

• Scout cruiser HMS “Bellona” (attached 1BS): Captain Arthur (Brandreth Scott) Dutton, R.N.

First Cruiser Squadron (1CS), Cromarty

Commander 1CS: Rear-Admiral Sir Robert (Keith) Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, K.C.B., M.V.O.

• Armoured cruiser HMS “Defence” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1CS): Captain Stanley (Venn) Ellis, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Warrior”: Captain Vincent Barkly Molteno, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Duke of Edinburgh”: Captain Henry Blackett, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Black Prince”: Captain Thomas (Parry) Bonham, R.N.

Second Cruiser Squadron (2CS), Scapa Flow

Commander 2CS: Rear-Admiral Herbert (Leopold) Heath, M.V.O.

• Armoured cruiser HMS “Minotaur” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2CS): Captain Arthur (Cloudesly Shoval Hughes) D'Aeth, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Hampshire”: Captain Herbert (John) Savill, R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Shannon”: Captain John (Saumarez) Dumaresq, M.V.O., R.N.
• Armoured cruiser HMS “Cochrane”: Captain Eustace La (Trobe) Leatham, R.N.

Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron (4LCS), Scapa Flow

• Light cruiser HMS “Calliope” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 4LCS): Captain Charles (Edward) Le Mesurier, R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) (Commander 4LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Constance”: Captain Cyril (Samuel) Townsend, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Comus”: Captain Alan (Geoffrey) Hotham, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Caroline”: Captain (Henry) Ralph Crooke, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Royalist”: Captain the Honourable Herbert Meade, D.S.O., R.N.

Fourth Destroyer Flotilla (4DF) (escorted 2BS), Scapa Flow

• Flotilla leader HMS “Tipperary”: Captain Charles (John) Wintour, R.N. (Commander 4DF)

First Half-Flotilla 4DF

• Destroyer HMS “Spitfire”: Lieutenant-Commander Clarence (Walter Eyre) Trelawney, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Sparrowhawk”: Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Hopkins, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Garland”: Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Stannus) Goff, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Contest”: Lieutenant-Commander Ernald (Gilbert Hoskins) Master, R.N.

Group 8 4DF (detached as escort to 2CS)

• Destroyer HMS “Midge”: Lieutenant-Commander James (Robert Carnegie) Cavendish, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mischief”: Lieutenant-Commander Honourable Cyril (Augustus) Ward, M.V.O., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hardy”: Commander Richard (Anthony Aston) Plowden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Owl”: Commander Robert (Gerald) Hamond, R.N.

Second Half-Flotilla 4DF

Third Division 4DF

• Flotilla leader HMS “Broke”: Commander Walter (Lingen) Allen, R.N. (Commander 2HF/4DF)
• Destroyer HMS “Porpoise”: Commander Hugh (Davenport) Colville, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Unity”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Macaulay) Lecky, R.N.

Fourth Division 4DF

• Destroyer HMS “Achates”: Commander Reginald (Becher Caldwell) Hutchinson, D.S.C., R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ambuscade”: Lieutenant-Commander Gordon (Alston) Coles, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ardent”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Fortune”: Lieutenant-Commander Frank (Goodrich) Terry, R.N.

Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla (11DF) (escorted 4BS), Scapa Flow

• Light cruiser HMS “Castor” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 11DF): Captain James (Rose Price) Hawksley, M.V.O. R.N. (Commodore 2nd class) (Commander 11DF)

First Half-Flotilla 11DF

First Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Ossory”: Commander Harold (Victor) Dundas, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Martial”: Lieutenant-Commander Julian Harrison, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Magic”: Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Charles) Wynter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Minion”: Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Clive) Rawlings, R.N.

Second Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Mystic”: Commander Claud (Finlinson) Allsup, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mons”: Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mandate”: Lieutenant-Commander Edward (McConnell Wyndham) Lawrie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Michael”: Lieutenant-Commander Claude (Lindsay) Bate, R.N.

Second Half-Flotilla 11DF

• Flotilla leader HMS “Kempenfelt”: Commander Harold (Ernest) Sulivan, R.N. (Commander 2HF/11DF)

Third Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Marne”: Lieutenant-Commander George (Bibby) Hartford, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Milbrook”: Lieutenant Charles (Granville) Naylor, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Manners”: Lieutenant-Commander Gerald (Cartmell) Harrison, R.N.

Fourth Division 11DF

• Destroyer HMS “Moon”: Commander (Acting) William (Dion) Irvin, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mounsey”: Lieutenant-Commander Ralph (Vincent) Eyre, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morning Star”: Lieutenant-Commander Hugh (Undecimus) Fletcher, R.N. destroyer)

Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla (12DF) (escorted 1st Battle Squadron), Scapa Flow

• Flotilla leader HMS “Faulknor”: Captain (D) Anselan (John Buchanan) Stirling, R.N. (Commander 12DF)

First Half-Flotilla 12DF

First Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obedient”: Commander George (William McOran) Campbell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mindful”: Lieutenant-Commander John (Jackson Cuthbert) Ridley, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Marvel”: Lieutenant-Commander Reginald (Watkins) Grubb, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslaught”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Gerald) Onslow, D.S.C., R.N.

Second Division 12DF

• Destroyer HMS “Maenad”: Commander John (Pelham) Champion, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Narwhal”: Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Victor) Hudson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nessus”: Lieutenant-Commander Eric (Quentin) Carter, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Noble”: Lieutenant-Commander Henry (Percy) Boxer, R.N.

Second Half-Flotilla 12DF

• Flotilla leader “HMS Marksman”: Commander Norton (Allen) Sulivan, R.N. (Commander 2HF/12DF)
• Destroyer HMS “Opal”: Commander Charles (Geoffrey Coleridge) Sumner, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nonsuch”: Lieutenant-Commander Herbert (Inglis Nigel) Lyon, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Menace”: Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Astley) Poignand, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Munster”: Lieutenant-Commander Spencer (Francis) Russell, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Mary Rose”: Lieutenant-Commander Edwin (Anderson) Homan, R.N.

Third Battle Cruiser Squadron (3BCS) (temporarily attached to Grand Fleet in place of 5BS)

Commander 3BCS: Rear-Admiral the Honourable Horace (Lambert Alexander) Hood KCB, DSO, MVO

• Battle cruiser HMS “Invincible” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3BCS): Captain Arthur (Lindesay) Cay, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Inflexible”: Captain Edward (Henry Fitzhardinge) Heaton-Ellis, M.V.O., R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Indomitable”: Captain Francis (William) Kennedy, R.N.

• Light cruiser HMS “Canterbury” (attached from 5LCS): Captain Percy (Molyneux Rawson) Royds, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Chester” (attached from 3LCS): Captain Robert (Neale) Lawson, R.N.

• Destroyer HMS “Ophelia” (attached from 4th DF): Commander Lewis (Gonne Eyre) Crabbe, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Christopher” (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander Fairfax (Moresby) Kerr, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Shark” (etc.): Commander Loftus (William) Jones, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Acasta” (etc.): Lieutenant-Commander John (Ouchterlony) Barren, R.N.

Battle Cruiser Fleet (BCF)

Commanding the Battle Cruiser Fleet: Vice-Admiral Sir David (Richard) Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.

Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Captain Rudolf (Walter) Bentinck

Flag Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Commander the Honourable Reginald (Aylmer Ranfurly) Plunkett, R.N.

Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF: Ralph (Frederick) Seymour, R.N.

Flagship (in company with 1BCS)

• Battle cruiser HMS “Lion” (flag to Vice-Admiral Commanding BCF): Captain (Flag Captain) Alfred (Ernie Montacute) Chatfield, C.V.O., R.N.

First Battle Cruiser Squadron (1BCS), Rosyth

Commander 1BCS: Rear-Admiral Osmond de (Beauvior) Brock, C.B.

• Battle cruiser HMS “Princess Royal” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1BCS): Captain Walter (Henry) Cowan, M.V.O., D.S.O., R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Queen Mary”: Captain Cecil (Irby) Prowse, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Tiger”: Captain Henry (Bertram) Pelly, M.V.O., R.N. (Commodore 2nd class)

Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (2BCS), Rosyth

Commander 2BCS: Rear-Admiral. William (Christoper) Pakenham, C.B., M.V.O.

• Battle cruiser HMS “New Zealand” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2BCS): Captain John (Frederick Ernest) Green, R.N.
• Battle cruiser HMS “Indefatigable”: Captain Charles (Fitzgerald) Sowerby, R.N.

First Light Cruiser Squadron (1LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Galatea” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 1LCS): Commodore 1st class Edwyn (Sinclair) Alexander-Sinclair, M.V.O. (Commander 1LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Phaeton”: Captain John (Ewen) Cameron, M.V.O., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Inconstant”: Captain Bertram (Sackville) Thesiger, C.M.G., R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Cordelia”: Captain Tufton (Percy Hamilton) Beamish, R.N.

Second Light Cruiser Squadron (2LCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Southampton” (pennant to Commodore Commanding 2LCS): Commodore 1st class William (Edmund) Goodenough, M.V.O., AdC. (Commander 2LCS)
• Light cruiser HMS “Birmingham”: Captain Arthur (Allan Morison) Duff, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Nottingham”: Captain Charles (Blois) Miller, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Dublin”: Captain Albert (Charles) Scott, R.N.

Third Light Cruiser Squadron (3LCS), Rosyth

Commander 1LCS: Rear-Admiral Trevylyan (Dacres Willes) Napier, M.V.O.

• Light cruiser HMS “Falmouth” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3LCS): Captain John (Douglas) Edwards, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Yarmouth”: Captain Thomas (Drummond) Pratt, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Birkenhead”: Captain Edward Reeves, R.N.
• Light cruiser HMS “Gloucester”: Captain William (Frederick) Blunt, D.S.O., R.N.

• Seaplane tender HMS “Engadine” (4 Short Type 184 seaplanes) (Rosyth): Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Gwillim) Robinson, R.N.

Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla (13 DF) (escorted 1BCS), Rosyth

• Light cruiser HMS “Champion”: Captain James (Uchtred) Farie, R.N. (Commander 13DF)

First Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Obdurate”: Lieutenant-Commander Cecil (Henry Hulton) Sams, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nerissa”: Lieutenant-Commander Montague (George Bentinck) Legge, R.N.
• Destroyer TMS “Termagant” (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert (Patrick) Blake, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Moresby” (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander Roger (Vincent) Alison, R.N.

Second Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Nestor”: Commander the Honourable Edward (Barry Stewart) Bingham, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nomad”: Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Nicator”: Lieutenant Jack (Ernest Albert) Mocatta, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Onslow” (detached to escort HMS “Engadine”): Lieutenant-Commander John (Cronyn) Tovey, R.N.

Third Division 13DF

• Destroyer HMS “Narborough”: Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Corlett, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Pelican”: Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth (Adair) Beattie, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Petard”: Lieutenant-Commander Evelyn (Claude Ogilvie) Thomson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Turbulent” (attached from 10DF, Harwich Force): Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Stuart, R.N.

Attached Harwich Destroyers (escorted 2BCS)

First Division

• Destroyer HMS “Lydiard” (from 9DF): Commander Malcolm (Lennon) Goldsmith, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Liberty” (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Philip (Wilfred Sidney) King, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Landrail” (from 9DF): Lieutenant-Commander Francis (Edward Henry Graham) Hobart, R.N.

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Moorsom” (from 10DF): Commander John (Coombe) Hodgson, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Laurel” (from 9DF): Lieutenant Henry (Dawson Crawford) Stanistreet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Morris” (from 10DF): Lieutenant-Commander Edward (Sidney) Graham, R.N.

Fifth Battle Squadron (5BS) (temporarily attached BCF), Rosyth, from Scapa Flow

Commander 5BS: Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O.

• Battleship HMS “Barham” (flag to Rear-Admiral Commanding 5BS): Captain Arthur (William) Craig, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Valiant”: Captain Maurice Woollcombe, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Warspite”: Captain Edward (Montgomery) Phillpotts, R.N.
• Battleship HMS “Malaya”: Captain the Honourable Algernon (Douglas Edward Harry) Boyle, C.B., M.V.O., R.N.

First Destroyer Flotilla (1DF) (part, attached from GF, in company with 5BS), Rosyth, from Scapa Flow

• Scout cruisers HMS “Fearless”: Captain Charles (Donnison) Roper, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Defender”: Lieutenant-Commander Laurence (Reynolds) Palmer, R.N.

First Division 1DF

• Destroyer HMS “Acheron”: Commander Charles (Gordon) Ramsey, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Ariel”: Lieutenant-Commander Arthur (Grendon) Tippet, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Attack”: Lieutenant-Commander Charles (Herbert Neill) James, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Hydra”: Lieutenant Francis (George) Glossop, R.N.

Second Division

• Destroyer HMS “Badger”: Commander Charles Albert Fremantle, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lizard”: Lieutenant-Commander Edward Brooke, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Goshawk”: Commander Dashwood (Fowler) Moir, R.N.
• Destroyer HMS “Lapwing”: Lieutenant-Commander Alexander (Hugh) Gye, R.N.