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Please note that our logo (below) only appears on the images on our website and is not on the actual art prints. When you are ready to add this item to your basket, click the button below.       Website Price: £ 135.00       Battle of Jutland Print and Veteran Signature Pack. PCK2897. Battle of Jutland Print and Veteran Signature Pack. Clipped Signature and Print Pack. Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM1240. The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. The British Grand Fleet had been virtually unopposed for nearly a century but now there was a challenge to the throne: the German Navy. Although smaller, it had caught up fast and by the time of Jutland, had some telling advantages over the British Fleet. the plan for the battle was to lure the British Grand Fleet into a lethal trap in German waters. In the event although desperately fought by both sides, the battle was a stale mate. the confused conflict was hampered on both sides by bad luck, bad weather and poor communications. at the end of the battle, the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships, but the German fleet never ventured out of harbour to seek battle again. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm) Item #2 - Click to view individual item CLP2973. Clipped Signature - Stanley de Courcy-Ireland. Graduated as a Midshipman in 1915 joining HMS Bellerophon in 1916 - he was in charge of Q Turret at the Battle of Jutland. Debris from HMS Vanguard landed on his turret when it blew up in July 1917, and he survived the sinking of HMS Pellow in 1918. Remaining with the Navy, he served on HMS Westcott, HMS Venomous, HMAS Cerberus, HMS Frobisher, HMS Furious, HMS Argus, HMS Hermes, HMS Courageous, and HMS Glorious. At the beginning of WW2 he was second in command of HMS Newcastle, then commanded the land station HMS Owl. He later commanded HMS Ajax, retiring from the Navy in 1951. He died in 2001. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Clipped Signature. Website Price: £ 135.00   To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £205.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £70 All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling   Signatures on item 2 *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. Name Info Captain Stanley Brian de Courcy-Ireland (deceased) *Signature Value : £80 (matted) Stanley de Courcy-Ireland was born on 5th May 1900. He joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet at the Royal Naval College, Osbourne in January 1913 and went on to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in January 1915 from which he graduated as Midshipman in December of that year. He joined the super-dreadnought HMS Bellerophon in January 1916 and was in charge of Q Turret during the Battle of Jutland. The following is a graphic account of his involvement : We had just dealt with a German destroyer which we sank. During a lull in the firing some of us climbed out of the gunhouse to get some fresh air. The ship was steaming through masses of debris and bodies. Some of us began to cheer thinking they were German. Alas, they were our from HMS Invincible, I think. He was aboard Bellerophon when the battleship HMS Vanguard blew up on 7th July 1917 following an explosion of unstable cordite in her magazine. A large chunk of metal from one of her boilers finished up on top of our Q Turret. A packet of pound notes from the Paymaster's safe was found outside a crofter's cottage on the island of Flotta nearly a mile away. There were only two survivors from the company of 800. I was in charge of one of the boats landed on Flotta. We had buckets in which to collect human remains washed up on the beach. He spent much of 1917 serving aboard destroyers. He returned to Bellerophon to pass examinations which led to promotion to Acting Sub-Lieutenant. In that rank he served aboard the destroyer HMS Pellow from January until 1918 when the ship was torpedoed. He was trapped below but fought his way out just in time. His next appointment was to HMS Westcott. He was present at the surrender of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow, on duty in Hamburg as a junior member of the Reparations Committee and then saw action in the Baltic where his ship was in support of the White Russians fighting in Estonia. In December 1919 he was ordered home to complete his education and spent six months at Cambridge University. He served on HMS Venomous with the Home Fleet from September 1920 to December 1921, aboard HMAS Cerberus attached to the Royal Australian Navy from March 1922 to July 1924. From September 1924 to February 1926 he served on HMS Frobisher, flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. Between 1926 and 1935 he served on the aircraft carriers HMS Furious, HMS Argus, HMS Hermes, HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious, and ashore at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. Promoted to Commander in June 1935, he was Staff Officer to Admirals, Aircraft Carriers in 1935 and 1936. He was Director of Training and Staff Duties at the Air Ministry from December 1936 to December 1938. From January 1939 to March 1941 he was second in command aboard HMS Newcastle. Between March 1941 and September 1942 he was Liaison Officer between the Air Ministry and Admiralty. He was promoted to Captain. From September 1942 to February 1944 he was in command of HMS Owl, an Royal Navy Air Service station at Fearn, training for anti-submarine duties. From February 1944 to December 1945 he was Deputy Director (Naval) at Combined Operations HQ. He was in command of HMS Ajax, 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet from March 1946 to March 1948. From August 1948 until March 1951 he was Deputy Director of Naval Equipment and appointed ADC to King George VI. He retired in September 1951. He died in 2001.

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