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cover, cushion
Cushion cover embroidered by a sailor of HMS 'Chester' (1915) after the Battle of Jutland 1916, portraying 'Hoskyn' the ship's cat flanked by Union Flags with the inscription 'HMS Chester'. Presented to Surgeon Lieutenant O.D. Brownfield of the ship's medical staff.
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Object Details
| ID: | TXT0129 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | cover, cushion |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Chester (1915) |
| Date made: | 31 May 1916 |
| People: | Brownfield, O D, Surg Rear-Admf; Hoskyn |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 400 x 420 x 15 mm |