2-704-852 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Royal Marines handling ammunition on board the aircraft carrier HMS 'Illustrious', World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944). 'The marine supply party in the aircraft-carrier Illustrious is passing ammunition up to the 4-5-inch guns in the mounting above. The white hoods and gloves, always worn in action, protect them against burns'. From "The Royal Marines - The Admiralty Account of Their Achievement 1939-43". [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1944].