Eric Sydney Brand
From The Dreadnought Project
In his reminiscences of the Great War at sea, Brand wrote of one unusual incident;
- The on the afternoon of 27th. August a strange thing happened. The entire fleet was steaming quietly somewhere in the middle of the North Sea on a perfect day, flat calm and sunny when "Iron Duke" hoisted the "Disregard Admiral's Motions"(Blue Burgee) "'Marlborough" and "Dominion" close "Iron Duke" Flag Officers repair on board" So we duly sent our Admiral over to Tea in the seaboat and I suppose we all three were stopped for about 30-40 minutes, while the fleet was wandering along at 7 knots. I am pretty sure of my date because I think the Admiral met to be told of the impending advance into the Heligoland Bight next morning.1
Notes
- Brand, p. 5. Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
