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Lt. Cmdr. Christopher John Francis Eddis CdeG.
Royal Navy HMS Scimitar

(d.19th Oct 1918)
In early 1918, Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Eddis was the Captain of HMS Pigeon. It came to the rescue of American soldiers who had been sunk by U Boat off Islay, from the SS Tuscania, a White Star Liner being used as a troop ship. The US survivors sent him a medal that is in the Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He died at sea on HMS Scimitar, there is no record of any action causing his death. His wife's name was Kate or Katie Povah from Devon.

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