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Erik Ribsskog
Poul/Paul Leathley Eddis
Erik Ribsskog  Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM

To: chairman@isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk

Cc: Akademikerforbundet , Politikk Høyre , “post@sivilombudsmannen.no” , Phso Enquiries , Vernepliktsverkets kontaktsenter ved Wenche Molstad , Ombudsmannen for Forsvaret , post@ombudsmanden.dk, formand@soldatersamvirke.dk, lg@mil.dk, foreningspost@forsvarsforeningen.no, Henrik Wedell-Wedellsborg , “sande.vgs” , Siri Piri

Hi,

ok, I was wondering a bit how to interperate that line.

But at least he had a son, it seems.

So it’s perhaps possible to find some of his descendants.

(This captain was the highest ranking officer, of the prisoners, as far as I can see, on the file, (from 1916), on MyHeritage).

It would have been a bit odd, to write: ‘Go your way, your son Liveth’, on a memorial, I guess.

But I also read somewhere, (when I googled the name), that Mr. French, also died quite soon, after World War I.

And the highest ranking officer, on the submarine, escaped back to the UK, it says, in the Wikipedia-article.

So I guess it could be, that these officers, (that my Danish relative, was looking after), perhaps were looked on, as traitors or something, when they returned, to the UK, after World War I.

But I’m sure they weren’t.

I’m going to do more research about this later.

I haven’t been to Isle of Wight myself, but I guess, with that many citizens, then three Norwegian women could go there, on holiday, every summer, without almost anyone noticing.

It was just a bit of a coincidence that I knew some people, who used to go there, each summer.

(I also met Siri Rognli Olsen, about ten or fifteen years leater, by chance, in Oslo.

And then she was into orgasm-control, S&M, and sex-clubs, and things like that, (and in 1990, she tried to get me, to be a male au-pair, for American business-women, in New York).

So I hope she haven’t destroyed the whole island/holiday-resort).

Thanks again for the help!

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog


On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:07 AM, <chairman@isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk> wrote:

Erik


the phrase 

‘Go thy way thy son Liveth’.

does not refer to a person !

In modern English, it would say

‘Go your way, your son lives’

Liveth is the archaic 2nd person singular form of the verb ‘to live’

With 120,000 people living here on the Isle of Wight,I think it would be highly unlikely for me to know the women you met here !


Best wishes
Geoff Allan
Chairman, Isle of Wight Family History Society
http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/



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“Erik Ribsskog” <eribsskog@gmail.com>


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Tue, 1 Nov 2016 09:27:03 +0100

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Re: Poul/Paul Leathley Eddis

Hi,


thank you for the e-mail!

It was an interesting story, in the Wikipedia-article.

I guess it’s possibly this submarine from Østersund.

I read on the memorial, (for Paul Eddis), on your web-site, that it says:

‘Go thy way thy son Liveth’.

http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/gallery/ryde_holy_trinity/images/img_0036.jpg

Perhaps Liveth knows more about this story, (and my Danish relative), I was wondering.

But this information, (in the attachment), from MyHeritage, is now one houndred years old, this year.

So I understand if it’s diffucult to find the relatives, this many years later.

But thanks very much for the reply!

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

PS.

I went to summer-school, in England, (Brighton and Weymouth), three summers, in the eighties.

And in the summer of 1989, I was going on a holiday to my earlier host-family, (Hudsons, Gordon Road, Shoreham-by-Sea).

And then I met Siri Rognli Olsen and Caroline/Vivian and one other young woman, from Trøndelag, on the ferry Braemar, (that went from Oslo to Harwich, at that time).

And they went each summer to Isle of Wight, on holiday, (if I’m not mistaking).

I think Caroline, (who changed her name from Vivian, if I understood it right), lives on Isle of Wight now.

Are these women well know on your island still, I was wondering.

If so, then please say hi to Caroline/Vivian, (who is a big fan of the band the Alarm), from me.

Thanks in advance for any reply!

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:05 AM, <chairman@isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk> wrote:
Hello Erik

Paul Leathley Eddis was a Royal Naval officer serving in submarines during the First World War. I haven’t fully researched his naval service but he died in the loss of the submarine “L24” in 1924
There is a report of a submarine “E13” being stranded off the Danish coast in 1915, and the crew being interned. I suspect that he was a member of this submarine’s crew but I would need to do more research on this. There is a Wikipedia article about this subject at
If you search the Imperial War Museum “Lives of the First World War” website, you should be able to research the other men named in the Danish internees list
This may give you sufficent information to continue your research, but if not, let me know and I will see if I can find out more.
Paul Eddis and his brother Christopher Eddis were sons of the Reverend John Eddis, who was the vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Ryde, Isle of Wight for some years, but the family only stayed on the Isle of Wight for a short time.

Best wishes
Geoff Allan
Chairman, Isle of Wight Family History Society
http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/


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“Erik Ribsskog” <eribsskog@gmail.com>

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Tue, 1 Nov 2016 07:21:52 +0100

Subject:

Poul/Paul Leathley Eddis

Hi,

I’m from Norway, but used to live, in the UK, from 2004 til 2014.

I’m doing some geneology, to do, with my Danish-born grandmothers relatives.

And I’ve found out, that her grand-aunt, (and friend), Anna Nyholm’s first husband, (Magnus Julius Henry Davidsen), was a ‘house-father’, (‘husfader’), see atatchment, for many British officers, during World War I.

(These British officers were ‘interned’ it seems.

So I guess they were some type of ‘war-prisoners’, (even if Denmark was neutral, during this war).

They may have been soldiers rescued from a sunken sub-marine, I guess).

I was wondering, if Captain Eddis’s relatives, have some funny stories, about my relative, (their Danish housefather), Magnus Davidsen

Also, I was wondering why these British officers, where put into this accomodation.

Was it because they were some type of war-prisoners?

What was the story behind this house-share, I was wondering.

(Because I haven’t been able to find anything about this, on Danish web-sites yet).

Thanks in advance for any reply!

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog
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