My purchasing dry spell continues so when a picture of one of my "most wanted" SMLE's came up I had to grab it as it might be as close as I get to finding one. From the age of some in the picture it appears to be a reserve unit.
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My purchasing dry spell continues so when a picture of one of my "most wanted" SMLE's came up I had to grab it as it might be as close as I get to finding one. From the age of some in the picture it appears to be a reserve unit.
That might explain the SMLE MK I found in Belgium/France some years ago. Perhaps there were some naval units involved in the retreat to Dunkirk.
Was it WWI dated? If so, it might have been a remnant from one of the Naval Divisions that served on the Western Front. Then of course, there was the Zeebrugge Raid. Link: Warfare - Featured Articles - The Zeebrugge Raid
Can anyone identify what is written upside down on the cross-strap thinggy of the centremost man. Looks like xxxurgexxx to me.......
Burges? There was an HMS Burges that served in the Atlantic and English Channel late in the war:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Burges_(K347)
The photo was taken the day after Dunkirk ended, probably to show we still had people to fight invading Germans. Is that a Mk I with a charger bridge?
It looks like a cond. MkIV
Not Cond MkIV as thats a conversion to MkII pattern, looking at the nosecap of the rifle carried by the man being helped up the hill, the sight protector looks to be straighten so most likely MkII*** Cond.
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