6th Mar 1942

March
6th - Letter from Admiralty suggesting a picture of  “commando raid” on Vaagso, Norway as being “just up my street”
13th - Looks at film of raid but finds it difficult to make out with no captions.
17th - Discovers from accounts of the Vaagso raid that his cousin Will Byles was in command of the “Prince Leopold”.
23rd - Met Will Byles on his ship in Albert Dock to talk and see photos etc

April 
5th - Started painting Vaagso Raid (30x50)

July

12th - Will Byles approves the painting of Vaagso. “ He said it was ‘it’.”