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Could Battenberg's health withstand the wartime workload?

Retirement around 1916 becomes the health limit for the counterfactual; continued wartime service could kill Battenberg by about 1917.

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Question

Could Battenberg's health withstand the workload of serving as First Sea Lord during the war?

Short answer

Probably only until about 1916; keeping him in the post much longer might have caused his death during the war.

Notes

Retirement in 1916 is necessary for Battenberg's survival in this reconstruction. Keeping him under the First Sea Lord's wartime workload would probably lead to his death around 1917.