Lads............. you can take my word for it that with the other stuff in and around the area and the circumstances of its location, other stuff, missing bolt and magazine, that it was abandoned in 1940. The circumstantial evidence to substantiate this is overwhelming and while I hear the theorising from far and wide, the theoretical evidence against this fact is underwhelming.

But, I am only repeating what was told to me in a 10 minute visit where I sat, listened and saw, eyes agog!

Could they have started to equip those rear echelon support troops like the RASC drivers and Engineers with rifles pulled in from the trade or private owners. They did it with a third of the 'military' transport and 90 percent of the staff cars!

As I said, I'll pass this info on if no one objects