Funeral Service After Battle

[jamcgenie]

Hi experts,

One more from Granddad's collection. Reverse has the handwritten inscription "Funeral service after battle".

As usual any help would be very gratefully received.

Regards,

Jim.

[astraltrader]

Hi Jim. This photo really speaks for itself IMO. After the battle [in all probability the Battle alluded to in the 5 photographs you uploaded in your other thread] the ships company can be seen paying respects to fallen shipmates. If these casualties came from other ships then it will have been a service of respect for them along with thanks for victory, etc.
If the service was for dead from the ship shown then in all probability they will have already been "commended to the deep" before this picture was taken.
That is how I read it anyway.
A poignant and moving picture anyway.
Thank you for sharing it with us.

[jamcgenie]

Thanks Terry,

I found the photo very poignant. It's a sober reminder of the other side of the battle and the terrible price paid by sailors and their families.

Jim.

[astraltrader]

Absolutely Jim. In all the wars and battles I have studied I realised long ago that there are no winners.

[Joseph]

Jim,

Superb photo, it looks like the Orion Class 2nd Battle Squadron Grand Fleet (4th Division), they took part in the Battle of Jutland, and fired 200 or so rounds but didn't recieve any damage as far as I know.

It is a funeral service though, the flag is half mast the following ship is flying what looks like a church pennant and the men are at attention, the body would have gone off the quarterdeck so it missed the screws.

Regards Charles

Regards Charles

[TACKLINE]

During the war,ratings caps,for those serving in home waters,were black. A good example of why this was so is given by how the rating wearing a white cap shows up amongst the others.
Tackline.

[John Brown]

As Miro has pointed out, the Orions had their torpedo nets removed long before Jutland. This ship clearly has nets furled along the deck edge.

Therefore......either this ship is not an Orion Class or the photo was taken well before Jutland.


So far, I think the most probable answer offered to this mystery has come from Harley in the other thread.


Regards...John

PS...

Now here's a thing!

Looking at casualty lists, it appears that 3 men from HMS Conqueror were drowned on 15th December 1914.

Ernest H Brown....Gunner, RMA

Thomas Leeworthy.....Private, RMLI

Albert W Nott.....Private...... RMLI


Possibly a connection to this photo and to Harley's suggestion?


I am also posting this info on the 'expert advice required' thread.


regards....John

[Joseph]

The photo is most likely a put up or posed, having spoken to some chaps who served in WW2, they say it is highly unlikely that anyone would be committed to the deep sailing line ahead.

Regards Charles

[jamcgenie]

Hi Experts,

I cannot thank you all enough for your contributions to this thread - I'm totally amazed at the response my post has generated.

I will have to scour the family archives to find some more challenging photos to post for you.

Kind regards,

Jim.