Ditty box

Ditty box containing two photos and a 'history sheet'. Plain wooden box with brass name plate inscribed 'G.H. BOOTS' screwed to one end; the lid is hinged and fitted with a lock (no key). There is a narrow open compartment across the back of the interior. G.H. Boots, stoker 1st class, Hood Batallion RND. He was killed in the Dardanelles Landings. inside is an inner wooden rim fitted at the back with a narrow open compartment containing photograph of G H Boots in uniform.

Object Details

ID: AAA3374
Type: Ditty box
Display location: Not on display
Date made: WW I
People: Boots, George Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 150 mm x 334 mm x 199 mm