Lee Enfield at War

[Paul S.]

Wow...... That's a '.....rather large' or what in these PC days we'd call 'formidable.....'S/Sgt sat next to the Capt (with Sam Browne).
. . .

Or as one Army doctor called it, 'Well fed'.

[henry r]

kokoda?

i'm glad it wasn't me lugging 13kg of lewis gun.

[Peter Laidler]

Oh Henry....... HE wasn't lugging 13kg of anything in those sensible days of Empire and all that. He was happily carrying a 19pound Lewis!

[browningautorifle]

a 19pound Lewis!

And...an appropriate number of loaded pans...

[henry r]

Attachment 76349
British troops getting water from a trolley railway, near Pozieres. October 1916.

Attachment 76350
Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Men of a Pioneer Battalion in light railway trucks and others moving away towards the line. Brielen, 31 July 1917.

Attachment 76351
Wounded from the 27th Brigade, 9th Division, prepare for a light railway journey from Meteren to medical units in the rear area, 18 August 1918.

I had no idea (till last night) how much of the supply lines in ww1 were comprised of light railway.

[browningautorifle]

I had no idea (till last night) how much of the supply lines in ww1 were comprised of light railway.

Thus the need for Railway Battalions.

[henry r]

I knew about the Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division running 4'8 1/2" trains but not the 2" stuff. I had wondered how they got all of the ammunition to the artillery batteries for the big barrages, but figured it must have been by horse and cart or lorry (truck).

[rayg]

QUOTE=Son;359755]I think it is one of these.... Stand, Instrument, No21 MkV. Not sure about the telescope could be either Tel Sct Regt MkIIs or a Tel Sig (MkIV?)

Here's one also
17-1/2 tripod with a Scout Regiment telescopes. . Stamped on one side of the metal clamp on the tripod that secures of the telescope is, Semins Bros & CO LTD, London, 1916, and a Broad Arrow and on the other side is TRIPOD TELESCOPE, No. 21, Mk5. (CIAI). (A Canadian stamp). It was an original made British long leg Tripod which was cut down shorter by a Canadian firm in WWII probably on contract for the British as it has the British broad arrow ownership stamped scope covers and a shorter carrying sling made specifically for the shorter leg tripod. The sling has a 18” canvas center section with leather end straps and is especially made for the shorter tripod.

[Attachment 76373

[henry r]

British troops in a landing craft assault (LCA), 9 July 1943. (sicily?)

with full credit to the garand picture of the day for inspiration.

[Peter Laidler]

Illustrates the fact that generally speaking the war in the desert and Italy was generally fought with No1 rifles. A Bren and 3x Thompson guns there too including 1 loaded with the drum and gun cocked! The black circle looks like it's the censor barring out his rank and their division