“We are an Island.  Every soldier that wants to go anywhere out of England - a sailor has got to carry him there on his back.”

p. 53. https://archive.org/stream/memoriesbyadmira00fishuoft#page/53/mode/1up
Memories (1919) https://archive.org/stream/memoriesbyadmira00fishuoft#page/n0/mode/2up

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Royal Navy admiral of the fleet 1841–1920

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