Patched-up Mk.1 forend on No.4 Mk.2

[Mk VII]

One of a number of 1950s photos on Getty Images showing a reasonably well-known soccer player of the time, Cliff Jones, who had been drafted, working in the armoury. A Mk.1 forend patched up and converted to Mk.2 standard is visible here.

[Mk VII]

Says he was called up for the RHA at St Johns Wood barracks. He is still alive, aged 90.

[Flying10uk]

I like the racking for the No.4 bayonets on the wall.

[Peter Laidler]

Looks like it could be a Mk1/2 rifle by the patch where the PLATE, Tie, fore-end has been removed, patched and replaced with a screw and nut, tie, fore-end

[Claven2]

If it's in the 1950's, would the No.9 bayonet not have been the issue bayonet?

[Strangely Brown]

If it's in the 1950's, would the No.9 bayonet not have been the issue bayonet?

Most No.9's went to the navy; the No.7's appear to have been issued mainly to the guards and paras, the rest stayed with the "wider" army until the introduction of the SLR.