HMS Hermes - Under Leaden Skies by Ivan Berryman. (P) PER15 How Private Ross Tollerton Won

How Private Ross Tollerton Won His VC by Allen Stewart

but rumour of an alliance between Russia and Austria sent him in hot haste to Paris

freed slaves and also enslaved mercenaries

Original colour print published 1911

commanded by Pierre Billotte

HMS Hermes - Under Leaden Skies by Ivan Berryman. (P) PER15 How Private Ross Tollerton WonDHM6334P. HMS Hermes Under Leaden Skies by Ivan Berryman. Laid down as early as June 1944, HMS Hermes (R12) was not commissioned into the Royal Navy until 25th November 1959. This fine ship has enjoyed a long and varied career, perhaps its most notable role being that of flagship to the British Task Force that was sent to liberate the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion of 1982. She was decommissioned in 1984 and sold to the Indian Navy,