Postcard Of Portsmouth Naval War Memorial c.1924
1924
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The memorial was built to commemorate 10,000 British and Commonwealth Sailors lost at sea during the First World War.
John Eadie from Newhaven was killed on 2nd April 1916 when his ship, HMS Commandant, struck a mine off Lowestoft. He is commemorated on the memorial.
John Eadie is the grandfather of Sophia Abrahamsen.
[see also 0301-025 for newspaper clipping of John Eadie]
Donor number: 0301-120
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