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George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.
22 de fev. de 2006 · Close on the first half of the book is devoted to George Jellicoe’s military adventures during the Second World War, first with David Stirling and then as Officer Commanding of the SBS raiding the islands of the Dodecanese from Haifa.
29 de mai. de 2024 · Had it not been for Lorna Almonds Windmill’s excellent biography, George Jellicoe – one of Britain’s most remarkable surviving heroes of the Second World War – might well have remained forgotten. He now shines brightly from her pages.
12 de dez. de 2008 · A sixth career as Olympic sportsman might have been his if he had chosen: in1948 he was invited to train with the British Winter Olympics team, either for the Cresta Run or as a skier. George Jellicoe had at least five (and very nearly six) different careers, all of them successful.
- William Waldegrave
- 2008
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe. Following the war he was for a time the director of operations for the United Nations Refugee Agency. In 1947 he joined the Foreign Office, visiting Moscow and later working in the embassy in Washington.
By anchoring George Jellicoe’s remarkable wartime achievements in the story of the Special Air Service (SAS) and SBS (Special Boat Service), Nick Jellicoe has revealed the extraordinary influence his father had on the ethos and development of Special Forces.
21 de jul. de 2021 · George Jellicoe, son of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, commander of the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, was never compromised by his privileged upbringing. In this...
