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The CWGC record for Captain Charles Murray Childe, reports that he was the son of Mrs. Edith Childe, of 10B, Palmerston Rd., Southsea, Hants, and the late Lt. Col. L. F. Childe, I.M.S. and that he is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery. The inscription is along the side of the grave stone for Lt. Col. Childe.
Second Inscription
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The CWGC record for Sub Lieutenant Peter Lauriston Charles Melville Lee reports that he was the son of Lt.-Col. R. H. Melville Lee and Mrs. K. E. Lee and that he was awarded the Harold Tennyson Memorial Prize at the R.N. College, Dartmouth. He was 21 years of age when he died and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. The inscription is along the side of the grave stone for Lt. Col. Childe.
The Italian Destroyer Strale sighted HMS Odin at 23.21 on 13th June in the Gulf of Taranto. The Destroyer turned to attack, first with torpedoes, and then with gunfire. Strale then attempted to ram the submarine, which fired a torpedo from a stern tube before diving. Having failed to ram the submarine, the Strale launched a pattern of depth charges before returning to her designated patrol. At 0157 the Torpedo Boat Baleno sighted Odin surfacing about 9 miles from the position of the original attack. The Baleno also attempted to ram the submarine, which once again dived to avoid her pursuer. Passing over the area Baleno dropped two depth charges, turned and dropped three more. Later that morning aerial reconnaissance by the Italian Air Force revealed oil slicks in both attack areas. The Italians believed the attacks to be on two separate submarines. But it is believed that both attacks were on Odin. The first badly damaging the submarine, the second finished her off.
[Information from www.rnsubmus.co.uk]
It is not known why the official date of death is 27th June when the sub was probably lost on 14th June, nor why the name of Peter Lee appears on the Childe family grave.
