James Henry Louch

The Battle of Jutland - WW1

• Location North Sea, near Denmark
• 56°42′N 5°52′E
• The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
• Against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer
• During the First World War.
• The battle was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea
• Near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula.
• It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the war.
• It was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the smaller but more decisive battles of the Yellow Sea (1904) and Tsushima (1905) during the Russo-Japanese War.

LOUCH, JAMES HENRY

• Rank: Stoker 1st Class
• Service No: SS/113604
• Date of Death: 31/05/1916
• Age: 21
• Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. "Queen Mary."
• Panel Reference: 18.
• Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
• Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louch, of 23, Knox Rd., Battersea, London. His brother William Louch also fell.

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