Dads rifle, Mau Mau uprising, Kenya.

[5thBatt]

My Dad was was a bandsman with the Blackwatch during the early years of the Mau Mau uprising & saw active service in Kenya, anyone want to guess the type of rifle he was issued??

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[drweiler]

I'll bite, being the 50's, a No.4? Park Rangers still carry them and No.5's, some Sterlings in the police force, I worked there in the 70's/80's. Cheers, Don

[browningautorifle]

I'll bet it was a #1 Mk3?

[5thBatt]

Sorry, none of the above.
I have just verified the years he was there....1954-55

[Peter Laidler]

Kenya, A No5. My dads brother was there and we have a picture of him in the KSLI armed with a No5

[browningautorifle]

Yes...?

[5thBatt]

Still no to all the above, you have to throw out what you think you know, it was a rifle, but was not a Lee.
To be honest i thought he must have been wrong when he told me, but have since found out he was proberbly correct.
I found out what he had a few years back when i handed him my No4 saying this is what you would have had in Kenya, his answer was..... No i had a ?? ???

[smellie]

Oh, my! This is MOST mystifying now!

I only ever knew one fellow who was in that: 16 years old, KPR and they handed him a Bren.
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[Homer]

I got to know. Tell please.

[Anzac15]

L1A1?? I'm sitting here going through everything in my head..........