Order of battle at Jutland fast s, intended to act as the vanguard of the main battle line. At the Battle of Jutland, it operated with the Battlecruiser Fleet, and was escorted by the 1st Destroyer Flotilla. The commander of the 5th Battle Squadron was RAdm Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O. 1st Destroyer Flotilla 1st Division/1st D.F. 2nd Division/1st D.F. The High Seas Fleet was the main body of the German surface navy, principally based at Wilhelmshaven, on the Jade River in North-West Germany. 3rd Battle Squadron" (III. Geschwader)" (Battleships) : RAdm Paul Behncke; flag lieutenant: Lt Cdr Frhr Ernst von Gagern 5th Division: RAdm Behncke 6th
Battle of the Somme withdrew from the between Bapaume and Achiet le Petit and the British reached the (R. II Position) on 13 March. The Royal British Legion with the British Embassy in Paris and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, commemorate the battle on 1 July each year, at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. For their efforts on the first day of the battle, The 1st Newfoundland Regiment was given the name "The Royal Newfoundland Regiment" by George V on 28 November 1917. The first day of the Battle of the Somme is commemorated in Newfoundland, remembering the "Best of