Markings on a Lee Enfield Jungle Carbine

[GunsNotPuns]

Good day: A friend recently came into possession of a LE Jungle Carbine and there were some markings on the butt stock that I was hoping some of you experts could help us determine what they meant:

26 10 48
I H L
255
C. SQN

The first line is fairly self-evident as a date, the rest are open to a bit of interpretation. Any idea what lines 2-4 are?

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[Peter Laidler]

'Squadron' indicates an Armoured regiment so it could be XXX Lancers. If it was somewhere like Malaya, it'd only be light armour as opposed to tanks
A photo might make it easier for us to decipher

[CINDERS]

Welcome to milsurps others may be along with information about the lettering

[Peter Laidler]

Nope............ he's gone Cinders. Like loads of other one-hit-wonders that seem to come and go...............

[browningautorifle]

He read Peter's answer and ran...pics would have been nice.

[GunsNotPuns]

Still here lads, it was Christmas after all :-) I'm afraid that the "engraving" is a bit faded and doesn't show up well in photos. I will try and photograph it. It does look like it was hand-done, definitely not professional in nature.

[mmppres]

just set up a set of pictures an the pro's here will get you straight

[browningautorifle]

It does look like it was hand-done, definitely not professional in nature.

That's right, that's how they look.

[GunsNotPuns]

My friend should be back in town tomorrow from his holiday season jaunt to see family and I'll post the best pictures I can manage.

[Aussie48]

Hi GunsNotPuns strangely I have a Shirley No 5 with almost the same markings. Check that your I isn't in fact 1HL, research on mine came up with Rhodesian SAS formed in 1948 as C Squadron 1HL.

My markings are:
26 10 48
1HL
217
CSQN

Hope this helps, is it by any chance a Shirley made one like mine?

Dick