| JELLICOE | John, admiral who commanded British naval forces at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (8) |
| JERVIS | John -; admiral who earned his title as an earl following his victory at the 1797 Battle of Cape Saint Vincent (6) |
| OSTEND | Belgian city and ferry port, scene of two raids by British naval forces during WWI (6) |
| MARLBOROUGH | 1st Duke of ---, title of John Churchill, English general who commanded British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| KITCHENER | Horatio Herbert, field marshal who commanded British forces from 1900-02 in the Boer War (9) |
| ASTERN | A person revered by English naval force at rear of vessel (6) |
| PYRRHUS | King of Epirus who won a costly victory against Roman forces at the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC (7) |
| MONTGOMERY | Bernard ___, officer who successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein |
| AGRIPPA | Roman statesman and general who defeated Antony and Cleopatra's forces at the battle of Actium |
| SCHEER | Reinhard, German naval commander who was commander-in-chief at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (6) |
| ANGELICO | Artistic friar speaks of girl to the victor of Jutland (8) |
| AGAMEMNON | Mythical king of Mycenae who led the Greek forces at the siege of Troy (9) |
| LORCA | The poet Federico Garcia ____ was killed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War |
| BRADLEY | Omar, soldier who commanded the US forces at the Normandy invasion (7) |
| SKAW | The --- is a peninsula at the northern end of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (4) |
| DEN | Country the naval battle of Jutland was fought near: abbr. |
| KINKAID | Thomas C., Commander Allied Naval Forces in the South West Pacific during World War II (7) |
| SURGERY | Increase in force at the end of military operation (7) |
| SAILOR | Member of the naval forces |
| FRESCO | Forces at play in a style of painting |
