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Did you know... that John Yelland was insulted by Admiral
Hyde Parker's offer of a position aboard his flagship?
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... that John Yelland was insulted by Admiral
Hyde Parker's offer of a position aboard his flagship? Source: *Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. p. 99.
ISBN9781848327795.
Article is long enough and new enough (moved and nominated 4 June), earwig reports no copyvio, sources are reliable. The inline citation needs to immediately follow the hook fact. In the article itself, "was not promoted automatically by seniority as was the custom" suggests he was punished and not promoted, when in fact he just didn't live long enough (he would have needed to have been alive in aprox. 1841 for this); this should be removed.
Pickersgill-Cunliffe (
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16:13, 27 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Or conversely, his superiors didn't die quickly enough. I thought that would be inferred by the 'by seniority' part but agree it could be much clearer. I have rewritten the sentence but if you still think it's misleading, I'll remove.--
Ykraps (
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20:19, 27 June 2022 (UTC)reply