Jellicoe:Lieutenant
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Jellicoe was appointed to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich as of 5 December, 1878.[1] He arrived back in Britain on 10 January and was posted to the Royal Naval College on 19 January. On 13 October he was posted to H.M.S. Excellent for gunnery and torpedo training.[2][1] On 23 January, 1880, Jellicoe obtained a First Class Gunnery Certificate, for which he was "awarded [a] prize of books for meritorious passing."[2] He also obtained a First Class certificate in his studies at Greenwich,[3] where his favourite pastimes are said to have been rugby, rackets, and cricket. With his firsts in seamanship, gunnery and study at Greenwich, Jellicoe would normally have been promoted to Lieutenant straight away, but for the fact that there were four other Sub-Lieutenants in his class who also had three firsts. The Admiralty decided that the five officers would be promoted according to seniority. Jellicoe, being the most junior, had to wait eight months before he was promoted.[4]
On 5 February, 1880 Jellicoe was appointed to H.M.S. Inconstant for service in the flag ship of the Mediterranean Squadron, H.M.S. Alexandra, to which he was appointed on 12 March as Signal Mate. The Commander-in-Chief at the time was Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour and the Captain was Lord Walter Kerr.[2][4]
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 August, 1880.[5]
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