Battle of Jutland Exhibition - Hoby & District Local History Society

From Monday 30^th May to Thursday 2^nd July 2016 an exhibition was staged in St Michael and All Angel’s Church Brooksby outlining the life and career of Earl Beatty and the biographies of the men whose names appear on the Battle of Jutland Memorial.

They that go down to the sea in ships…………

In the 1920s Earl Beatty erected a memorial in St Michael and All Angels Church at Brooksby in memory of the officers and men who lost their lives during the battle. The memorial is an elaborate wall monument and has the following inscription:

IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS OFFICERS AND MEN WHO DIED GLORIOUSLY FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND 31 MAY 1916

THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS THAT DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS THESE SEE THE WORKS OF THE LORD AND HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP

Here we give a short biography of the officers who lost their lives during the battle and whose names are inscribed on the memorial and a brief description of how their ships were lost.

After the war the surviving officers of the Battlecruiser Fleet presented Admiral Beatty with an album containing pictures of themselves and their ships. This is kept in the Beatty family archive.