File:John Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet.jpg

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English: British Admiral John Jellicoe (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935). Is wearing uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet, which rank he achieved in 1919.
DateUncertain. There's a date on the original, but it's cut off, and possibly mirrored and/or upside down. 11-13-[19]25?
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AuthorBain News Service; restored by Adam Cuerden
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current00:12, 15 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:12, 15 August 20143,604 × 5,248 (9.18 MB)Adam Cuerdenupload
23:59, 20 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:59, 20 June 20093,168 × 5,010 (1.37 MB)Sandpiper{{Information |Description={{en|1=British Admiral John Jellicoe (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935). Original bears a date, which might say 11/13/25, or then again that might be reading it upside down. Is wearing uniform of admiral of the fleet, which

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