Records of issue for No4 MkI (T)?

[Tanis]

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I gave up after finding nothing via the search function and perusing about 15 pages or so of topics so...

Is there a website, or is it possible, to research when and to whom a No4 (T) was issued? I'm sure that such records were kept at some point, especially for such things as a sniper rifle, but where would one find them? Or would they have been destroyed during the war?

I ask because I've picked up a 1945 dated example and, at least to me, half the fun of collecting such things is researching where the gun may have found itself.

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[Brian Dick]

The simple answer is no. If the chest is matching to the rifle, sometimes a unit marking or code can be found there. I've found these markings to be much more prevalent on the later L42A1 chest than on the old No.4T chest though.