Lieutenant Geoffrey D'O. Earwaker? sitting on a wagon containing mines.

A photograph of Lieutenant Geoffrey D'O. Earwaker? sitting on a wagon containing mines to be loaded onto the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913) at Grangemouth when she was fitted as a minelayer. Lt. Earwaker is sticking his tongue out at the camera. The arm of one of the dockside cranes is in the background.

An over-exposed negative with a number of scratches.

Object Details

ID: N22754
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Date made: September 1917; January-February 1918
People: Earwaker, Geoffrey D'Oyly
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 79 mm