My grandfather,Robert Stone,was on HMS Nomad when she was sunk in the Battle of Jutland. He was badly wounded in the head by shell splinters. He was eventually picked up by the German Imperial Navy nearly a day later.
He was taken to Willenshaven. He had a steel plate inserted in his skull by German surgeons.
He was repatriated via the Hague nearly a year later. His wound precluded him taking any further part in the War. He survived well into his 90s and died in the early 1980s in Sidmouth Devon.
Ihave documents sent to his mother notifying her first of his death & later that he was a POW.
I also have photographs (somewhere) of him ( with others) at the time of his repatriation ( he looks exceptionally arrogant!)
is this of interest to anyone?
Ian Graham