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Cigarette case
Silver, engine-turned cigarette case. It is engraved inside with details of the career of Captain Geoffrey Martin Bennett DSO RN (1901-1983). Inscription: 'G.M. BENNETT 7TH JUNE 1930 / 1923-1926 R.N. COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH / 1926-1927 HMS REPULSE / 1928 HMS BERWICK / 1928 HMS THRACIAN / 1929 HMS MALAYA / 1929-1930 R.N. COLLEGE GREENWICH / 1930 HMS EXCELLENT / 1930 HMS VICTORY / 1930 HMS DRYAD / 1930 HMS VERNON / 1930-1931 HMS WALLACE / 1931-1932 HMS MONTROSE / 1932-1934 HMS RODNEY / 1934 P & RT SCHOOL / 1934-36 HM SIGNAL SCHOOL / 1936 HMS BARHAM / 1936-37 HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH / 1937-1939 HMS SOUTHAMPTON / 1939-1940 HMS EDINBURGH / 1940 HMS GALATEA / 190 ADMIRALTY / 1940-41 HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE / 1941-1942 HMS ELAND / 1942-1943 HM SIGNAL SCHOOL / 1943 HMS NELSON / 1943-1945 HMS NILE / 1945-1947 ADMIRALTY / 1947 HMS NEWFOUNDLAND / 1947 HMS SWIFTSURE / 1947-1948 HMS AJAX / 1947-1949 HMS ST BRIDES BAY / 1949-1942 C.O.H.Q. / 1951-1953 ADMIRALTY BATH / 1953 S.O.T.C. / 1953-1955 N.A. MOSCOW / 1956 S.O.W.C. GREENWICH / 1956-1958 ACCHAN PORTSMOUTH.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0245 |
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| Type: | Cigarette case |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | W. T. Toghill & Co |
| Date made: | 1929 |
| People: | Bennett, Geoffrey Martin1 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 mm x 110 mm x 80 mm |
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