'Slabbie' a black/white cat standing on its back legs with front paws by its side looking at something out of frame.

A photographic print of 'Slabbie', a large black/white cat standing on its back legs with front paws by its side looking at something out of frame.

The photograph is captioned 'May 1914. / "1'm fed up with this begging business"

Engineer Lieutenant Herbert Allan Slade joined the battleship at HMS Hercules's (1910) commissioning on 31 July 1911. He was then appointed to RN College Dartmouth on 4 May 1914. This photograph may be when he had time for shore leave before joining Dartmouth.

Object Details

ID: ALB0353.94
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: May 1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 46 mm x 31 mm
Parts: Career of Lt. Cdr. Herbert Allan Slade, RN (1888-1938) (Photograph album)
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