The black/white cat 'Slabbie' on the grass playing with a twig.

A photograph of the black.white cat 'Slabbie' lying on its side on the grass playing with a twig in the garden at Herbert and Kathleen Slade's house, Portsmouth.

The photograph is captioned 'Full of beans!' and in the centre of the page '"Slabbie" and Co / March 1915'.

Engineer Lieutenant Herbert Allan Slade had been appointed to the destroyer HMS Zulu on 7 December 1914 and transferred to HMS Cleopatra on 19 March 1915, which was building at Devonport. This page in the album records that the photographs were taken while Zulu was refitting at Portsmouth, during which time Kathleen Taylor and Herbert Slade were married on 15 March 1915 at St. James' Church,

Object Details

ID: ALB0353.96
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: March 1915
Measurements: Overall: 91 mm x 63 mm
Parts: Career of Lt. Cdr. Herbert Allan Slade, RN (1888-1938) (Photograph album)
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