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    1940 Naval SMLE Photo

    My purchasing dry spell continues so when a picture of one of my "most wanted" SMLE's came up I had to grab it as it might be as close as I get to finding one. From the age of some in the picture it appears to be a reserve unit.
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    That might explain the SMLE MK I found in Belgiumicon/France some years ago. Perhaps there were some naval units involved in the retreat to Dunkirk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frederick303 View Post
    That might explain the SMLE MK I found in Belgiumicon/France some years ago. ...
    Was it WWI dated? If so, it might have been a remnant from one of the Naval Divisions that served on the Western Front. Then of course, there was the Zeebrugge Raid. Link: Warfare - Featured Articles - The Zeebrugge Raid

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    Can anyone identify what is written upside down on the cross-strap thinggy of the centremost man. Looks like xxxurgexxx to me.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Can anyone identify what is written upside down on the cross-strap thinggy of the centremost man. Looks like xxxurgexxx to me.......
    something "FORCE" ? I'm guessing it is a the equivalent of Red Forces and Blue Forces or our day.

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    Burges? There was an HMS Burges that served in the Atlantic and English Channel late in the war:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Burges_(K347)

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    The photo was taken the day after Dunkirk ended, probably to show we still had people to fight invading Germans. Is that a Mk I with a charger bridge?

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    It looks like a cond. MkIV

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    Not Cond MkIV as thats a conversion to MkII pattern, looking at the nosecap of the rifle carried by the man being helped up the hill, the sight protector looks to be straighten so most likely MkII*** Cond.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Can anyone identify what is written upside down on the cross-strap thinggy of the centremost man. Looks like xxxurgexxx to me.......
    Can't make it out but his mate on the right is a " Gun Layer 2nd Class"

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