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Photograph from Shropshire.
I saw this picture on a Shropshire page, it is titled Minsterley.
My initial thought was a Home Guard bicycle, but looking at that rifle is it all much older?
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07-30-2022 02:06 PM
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Could it be a territorial soldier in WW1? Many territorial battalions were equipped with the Charger loading Lee Enfield Rifle, which that rifle appears to be.
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I think that well may be WW1 as well.
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Just sp3nt the night...
...at the 'Oar House.
Great picture!
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Is that electrical wiring on the eaves just behind the soldier's head?
If so, when was that part of Britain 'electrified?
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The WW1 bicycles - the 1914 Raleigh "Military Model"
Last edited by Alan de Enfield; 07-31-2022 at 03:13 AM.
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Ver light restoration of original Bicycle with reproduction tool bag (below cross-bar) :
Last edited by Alan de Enfield; 07-31-2022 at 03:19 AM.
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Hey guys it wasn’t the last time a bicycle was able to help troops , not that it wasn’t important for the allies but the Japanese took the island of Singapore by riding bikes down the Malay peninsula to take the alleged island fortress run by poor British leadership . Many of my countrymen never came home due to being captured and place in Changi prison and then being forced on many of the marches up the Malay peninsular .
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Originally Posted by
smerdon42
Hey guys it wasn’t the last time a bicycle was able to help troops , not that it wasn’t important for the allies but the
Japanese took the island of Singapore by riding bikes down the Malay peninsula to take the alleged island fortress run by poor
British leadership . Many of my countrymen never came home due to being captured and place in Changi prison and then being forced on many of the marches up the Malay peninsular .
Absolutely, many ANZAC veterans and their families felt justifiably very bitter towards Britain for the disastrous leadership in Singapore.
It was a very dark point in the war and their Japanese captors were cruel and brutal beyond belief.
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