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British soldiers searching trains on Kerry line for republicans

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 19 older comments, and then…
  • Swordscookie said:
    Interesting, the soldiers don't look too bothered and if they are searching they are not expecting any surprises! The rifles are Lee-Enfield Mark I's I think and interestingly they are not fitted with rifle slings which you would expect if they were marching about and crawling around under trains etc. I wonder what regiment they are from and where it was taken????
  • Swordscookie said:
    Looking closer to try and establish what was on the shoulder of the man nearest the camera doing the best piece of acting I see he has his gloves under his epaulette and it conveniently turns the badge outwards. I am not sure what is on that badge but some of the more computer savvy Flickroonies might be able to decipher it???? The gloves would indicate that it was not taken at the height of the summer and yet not wearing greatcoats would tell you that it was not winter either!
  • derangedlemur said:
    The shoulder badge is pretty illegible. He's a sergeant though, if that's of any interest.
  • derangedlemur said:
    It looks like "...RI3S", with the 3 and the S squashed into one another. Or maybe it's "...RES"
  • derangedlemur said:
    Could concieveably be "...BERKS" but it looks more like "...ARES" or "...ARCS"

Loading magazines (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Seuss. said:
    97 round pan magazines for the Lewis Gun
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_gun
  • Art Siegel said:
    More Bain Lewis Gun photos Machine Gun company of Marines (LOC)Lewis machine gun crew, Camp Mills (LOC)Portuguese training with Lewis Guns (LOC)
  • Art Siegel said:
    MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
    MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION© IWM (Q 16304)
  • Art Siegel said:
    This photo from the Imperial War Museum site, captioned: "Air mechanics of No. 22 Squadron filling Lewis drums and Vickers belts at the "Armoury" at Vert Galand[Sic] aerodrome, 1 April 1918." McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 11995)

    A companion photo taken at the same place, captioned "Issuing Lewis guns with Lewis and Vickers ammunition to observers and pilots of No. 22 Squadron at the aerodrome at Vert Galand, 1 April 1918."
    McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 11994)

Bullets from a German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I

from National Library of Scotland

  • dbaldu said:
    The cartridge (not bullet) on the left is the .303 British. The cartridge was used by British forces in rifles and machine guns from 1888 until it was supplanted by the 7.62 NATO cartridge in the 1950s. Also, the spelling of the German should be Panzerbuechse. (The "u" should have an umlaut, but "ue" is a correct substitute.) I don't seem to be able to create an umlaut in Flickr.
  • Diggerdogroff said:
    More T-Gewehr:

The Big Fella and The Fighting 2nd

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • José Miguel LLop Sanchez said:
    Great capture
  • FrigateRN said:
    This lot look a tough bunch do they not? Can you give us any more detail about this interesting picture please?
  • Andy said:
    Formidable machines...great photo.Thanks so much!
  • FrigateRN said:
    I meant the men as the tough looking bunch, I just feel that there may be more to this picture that can be said.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    FrigateRN No more detail to hand, I'm afraid, which is one of the reasons I've uploaded it here! Hoping to learn more about both men and machines...