Comments on: USS TEXAS in World War I: Sailing with the British Grand Fleet https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/2016/02/01/uss-texas-in-world-war-i-sailing-with-the-british-grand-fleet/ Part of a National Effort of the United States World War I Centennial Commission Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: Texas WWI Centennial https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/2016/02/01/uss-texas-in-world-war-i-sailing-with-the-british-grand-fleet/#comment-2332 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:42:56 +0000 http://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/?p=427#comment-2332 Linda: Thanks for sharing this personal connection. There is an organization in the UK working on an exhibition on the Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. One of the organizers would like exhibit a copy of the letter you mentioned here. They would like to connect with you about it. You can read about it on http://www.nqht.org under the heading 1918.

– TXWWICC editor

]]> By: Linda Kelley https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/2016/02/01/uss-texas-in-world-war-i-sailing-with-the-british-grand-fleet/#comment-1486 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:28:02 +0000 http://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/?p=427#comment-1486 3/1/2018 I have been cleaning out my Mother’s house and came across a letter my Grandmother loaned to my sister for school. The letter was sent to my Grandmother from a man aboard the USS Texas. The letter is on The Grand Fleet letterhead and is dated 11/22/1918. He said they “met the enemy and they are ours – fourteen battleships.” He said the Dutchmen “kept their word for once and were nice and gentle and anchored right where we told them. I suppose by now the crews are all on their way back to Germany but their ships are still here.” (at Firth of Forth) Kind of cool!

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