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212442 Stoker 1st class. Jack Steve Mark Holloway Royal Navy HMS Sirius from:11 West Road, Hedge End, nr Southampton, Hampshire, England (d.17th Oct 1943) My Uncle, Jack Holloway, was a stoker on HMS Sirius. In October 1943, the ship was deployed from Alexandria to the Scarpanto Strait in the Aegean with HMS Destroyers Pathfinder, Eclipse and Beaufort. Reinforced by HMS Aurora and destroyers in support of military operations. On the 17th October 1943, HMS Sirius was bombarding Cos harbour with HMS Aurora when they came under heavy and sustained air attack. Jack Holloway was not on duty in the boiler room at this time and was, therefore, manning an anti-aircraft gun. HMS Sirius was hit by a 250kg bomb on the quarterdeck and there were a further 4 near misses causing fires aft. 14 of ship's company were killed and 30 wounded. Unfortunately one of those killed was Jack Holloway. He was buried at sea. There was major damage to armament and radar aerials from splinters and the ship returned to Alexandria. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.