John Eadie and David Abrahamson (11)

Letter to daughter from John Eadie Residue of Naval Assets (John Eadie) Leith School Board, two certificates for David Abrahamson Postcard, lowestoft Patriotic card 'To Lottie from Dadda' Photo x 2 John Eadie Photo group. the Eadie family: Sophia, holding book Agnes, oldest child Charlotte, 2nd daughter Johnny, son referred to in letter My grandfather John Eadie was lost on 2nd April 1916 when his minesweeper HMS Commandant struck a mine at Lowestoft. The letter he sent to my mother was probably written the Christmas before he died. He refers to Zeppelins and he died the day they attacked Leith. He was a Leith man who married a Newhaven woman and lived in Newhaven at the time he died. The Family wrote letters to say they were OK, but he had died the same day.本数据集涵盖如下藏品：约翰·伊迪（John Eadie）致女儿的书信、约翰·伊迪名下海军资产剩余物资、利斯学校董事会（Leith School Board）相关物料、大卫·亚伯拉罕森（David Abrahamson）的两份证书、明信片、洛斯托夫特（Lowestoft）爱国主题贺卡「致洛蒂，来自爸爸」，以及两张照片：约翰·伊迪单人照、伊迪家族合影。家族合影成员如下：手持书籍的索菲亚、长女艾格尼丝、二女儿夏洛特、儿子约翰尼（即书信中所提及的儿子）。背景详情为：我的祖父约翰·伊迪于1916年4月2日不幸遇难，当时他服役的扫雷舰HMS Commandant号在洛斯托夫特海域触雷。他寄给我母亲的这封信大概率创作于其牺牲前的圣诞节。信中提及了齐柏林飞艇（Zeppelins），而他牺牲的当日正是敌方空袭利斯的日子。他是土生土长的利斯本地人，迎娶了纽黑文（Newhaven）女子，牺牲时正居住于纽黑文。事发后家属曾写信报平安，却不知他已于当日罹难。