he spent 14 months, and was an observer at the Battle of Tsushima aboard the on 27 May 1905. During this battle, he narrowly missed being hit by fragments of a Russian shell, which killed crewmen standing nearby. Drenched with blood, Pakenham returned to his cabin and changed into a new dress white uniform, and returned to his observation post a few minutes later. His detailed reports on the battle strongly supported the Royal Navy's trend towards the adoption of an all big-gun fast battleship fleet. Pakenham's reports to London were strongly pro-Japanese and the British historian Geoffrey Jukes observed his "...reporting tended to depict Russia as his enemy, not just Japan's". He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 24 July 1905, and on 18 April 1906 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (Second Class) by the Emperor of Japan. While commanding , escorting King Edward VII to Ireland in July 1907, he was awarded the Member of the Royal Victorian Order. He acted as Fourth Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty between 9 December 1911 and December 1913, additionally serving as Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V between 1912 and 1913. In 1913, he was promoted to rear admiral, and in December was appointed to command the 3rd Cruiser Squadron. During the First World War, Pakenham was given command of the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron on 7 March 1915, and raised his flag aboard the battlecruiser . After Australia was taken out of service following a collision, he transferred his flag to : aboard this battlecruiser, he participated in the Battle of Jutland, and was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 31 May 1916 for his actions. Pakenham was appointed Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Fleet in September 1916. After Admiral Sir David Beatty was given the command of the Grand Fleet in succession to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe in November 1916, he assumed command of the Battle Cruiser Force on 19 June 1917, and was promoted to Acting Vice Admiral. During the visit of King George V to the Fleet in July 1917, Pakenham was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). He was also awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus (Second Class) and was given a gift from the Emperor Taishō of Japan. After the end of the First