British Forces

HMS ILLUSTRIOUS UNDER FIRE

Jim Sellars RM

HMS Illustrious under fire while on Malta convoy. Taken from my fathers photo album. The Illustrious (aircraft carrier) was part of a convoy to relieve Malta at the time. My father was Canadian, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who was living in Sheffield when the war broke out. He joined the British Royal Marines at age 17 and was 18 when he completed training at Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth. The Germans almost sank the Illustrious in this action.