£240
ENGLISH SCHOOL, c.1916. Portrait of Chief Petty Officer Walter Nineham, half-length, wearing naval uniform, oil on canvas, unframed, 25¼ x 20in. A card accompanying the painting states that the sitter perished whilst serving on the cruiser Hampshire, when the ship was sunk on 5th June 1916. Only 12 men survived from a crew of 655 men. The ship was also carrying Lord Kitchener who also lost his life. A photo accompanies the picture which is believed to depict the Ratings of H.M.S. Hampshire
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