Brigden

Yes I noticed from an earlier comment that your father was an SBA and wondered if he would have known my grandfather. I can see from your father's record that he also overlapped with grandad at least one period at Haslar Hospital. Incidentally about 10 weeks before Vandyck set sail my grandfather was also on the Royal Oak when it too went down, with considerable loss of life. Such brave men.

I can see that this is quite a long running discussion and hope that the following information might be helpful to someone. I have just written up my late grandfather's experiences in WW2. He too was on the Vandyck and was a sick berth attendant. My family has quite a few documents from the time -letters from the authorities to my grandmother, telegrams from the family on his liberation, and from my grandfather to my grandmother etc, and programmes for the Marlag pantomime and carol services. I've also found on the internet paintings by the war artist John Worsley from Marlag Nord, photos from the Red Cross delivering food parcels there etc. In amongst my grandfather's papers I found this typed up note: Sailed from Liverpool 30/5/40. Attacked by Bomber 9/6/40. Interned N. Norway. 10/6/40. Trans.Narvik. 20/6/40. Trans. Oslow. 21/7/40. Trans. Spagenburg. 24/7/40. Germany. Trans. Bad Zalsa. 31/7/40. Trans. Eisenach. 2/8/40. Stalaglxc. Trans. Sandbostel. 4/2/41. Marlagxb. Trans. Westertimke. 6/42. Trans. Annaborg. 4/44. Left for U.K. 6/9/44. Arrived. 16/9/44. The attached photos are the interior of the Vandyck, presumably in its role as a cruise liner.