Gun crew in action- Royal Marines training for gunnery, one of their principal wartime duties. This picture was taken at a shore establishment. INSIGHTFUL action shots of British naval soldiers in the midst of battle during the Second World War have been released this week, as part of a new book written by a former seafarer. Taken from his own personal archives the vintage shots show a portrait of the author???s great-uncle Sergeant Albert ???Nobby??? Elliot, who took part in Operation Torch in North Africa, while another shows a gun crew in action. Further photographs show the warship HMS Hood, which was sunk by the Bismarck in May 1941, while a different shot shows the ship???s mighty guns. A Royal Marine band is also shown onboard HMS Glory, while another picture shows the Japanese surrender aboard the same boat. The retro pictures are compiled into a book titled The Royal Marines and the War at Sea by naval historian and former seafarer, Martin Watts (64). It is published by Amberley Publishing. Martin Watts / Amberley Publishing / mediadrumworld.com