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Here ya go Bruce three from my collection left/center ones fit MkIII's gather the post one was for long shots (1800 ~ 2000yds?) the far Rt one was for the back sight on the No.4 clamping onto it on line with the rear peep hole allowing the firers view to be adjudicated by an experienced and suitably qualified shooter sergeant or such
Christmas at the front; a soldier with two turkeys walking through the snow. Photograph taken at Hesdin, 22 December 1917
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"A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry (later Captain W C Scurry MC DCM) of the 7th Battalion, AIF"
100 years ago today (20-12-1915) the last troops were evacuated from anzac cove.
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The same view a century on. The boardwalk and guard rails have been removed and mature trees conceal the London & Middlesex clubhouse in the background
There can't be much insulation in those walls.
Givenchy, Pas de Calais, 1915.
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Using a sock with the toe cut off as an action cover in late 1914
Indonesian National Revolution 1945-49
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dutch soldiers, Solo, Central Java, December 21 1948.
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South Sumatra, Baturadja, November 1947
Couple of pics on a Spanish civil war fighter who forgot her mag! And British troops going over the top with duck boards and cold steel interesting to note neither rifles are cocked probably to stop an A.D and shooting your mate somewhere on the Western Front and all that kit would make it hard to be quite.
But then again there is probably that much going on with artillery and M.G's it would not matter besides the troops carried emergency rations as more often than not they ended up trapped in a shell hole out in no mans land at times until night came so they could get back to their own lines or even find them.
I noticed a cigarette in the chaps mouth on top of the trench not a real smart idea bit like being 3rd on a match at night time.
The chaps on the other side were known to melt away when faced with the Australians and fixed bayonets as apparently our troops were very good in its use on Gallipoli and the Western Front.
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Cleaning rifles with the 'puffing billy' Soyer stoves.
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Indian troops in the Middle East collecting bandoliers from the box.