sentences:  In that role he ensured the safe passage of the British Expeditionary Force to France.He went on to be commander of the 1st Battle Squadron commanding the squadron at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, where his flagship HMS "Marlborough" was the first ship to engage the Germans but was later torpedoed.He was appointed Second Sea Lord in November 1916 but removed on the grounds of his age in September 1917 and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland instead.