Title

Royal Marines handling ammunition on board HMS 'Illustrious', World War II, c1939-c1943 (1944). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

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].
The Print Collector collection

Date

1944

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D56_207

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,1Mb (4,0Mb) / 19,3in x 12,9in / 5793 x 3869 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation carrying gloves glove ship ships shell shells clothes British weapon weapons dress military war Armed Forces century Britain moving soldiers soldier protective clothing clothing thirties concept ammunition handling Navy hood B&W 1940s MONOCHROME warfare Forties World War II World War two naval warfare WWII water transport warship aircraft carrier black & white black and white B W weaponry 1930s world war 2 20th century Royal Navy The Print Collector decade Second World War WW2 Royal Marines photograph 2nd World War Unknown naval ship HMS Illustrious photograph