A WWII Armourer's shop photo.

[Alan de Enfield]

That's an interesting picture of the Canadians working on Ross rifles and a bicycle, a scene not out of place in the late Nineties where Armourers, now called Weapons Techs would also be called upon to repair bicycles. Many bases had three wheeled tricycles for techs to get around and bicycles for exercise, all maintained by our Weapons techs.

Source 'Instructions to Armourers 1912 (Reprinted with amendments 1916)'

Duties Of Armourers

Armourers will perform the following duties :-
a) Execute all repairs to the arms (including lances, pistols, swords, and scabbards) in possession of their respective units ; and perform any other work, within their capabilities, required to the equipment of their units, and repairs to helmets and chains, booby chains, lancer cap chains and the brasswork on the lancer cap. Execute repairs to bicycles as directed in paragraph 7.
b) Inspect :
a. Quarterly – All rifles, pistols, sword-bayonets and scabbards in use.
b. Monthly – All bicycles on charge.

In each case defects are to be made good and a brief report of the general result of the examination will be rendered to the Commanding Officer.