Engineer Lieutenant Commander Herbert Slade giving his son Peter Slade a ride on his back in the garden.

A photograph of Engineer Lt. Cdr. Herbert Slade on 'all fours' on the grass in the garden at his and Kathleen Slade's house in Portsmouth. His son, aged about 3, is riding on his back, wearing a white skirt and wide-brimmed pale hat with black band. Both are looking at the camera. Herbert Salde is in grey flannel trousers and his naval jacket.A note on the album page states 'Second part of Easter leave 1919; before going to "Hillside", Fareham'.

The photograph is captioned '21st May 1919'.

Engineer Lieutenant Commander Herbert Allan Slade was appointed to the Department of the Engineer-in-Chief on 18 April 1918 and remained there until a successor was appointed in August 1922.

Object Details

ID: ALB0353.248
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 21 May 1919
People: Slade, Peter John Allan; Slade, Herbert Allan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 52 mm x 52 mm
Parts: Career of Lt. Cdr. Herbert Allan Slade, RN (1888-1938) (Photograph album)