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Nice Shot... Captures Mood... Does any1 know what gun that is next to him? Is it a M1 Garand?

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called War Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called British Army, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The M1 Garand did not exist then. I would say that it is a Lee Enfield. This picture reminds me how tired a person can really get. It makes me think of my days in the airborne infantry, I remember being so tired that I laid down in a mud puddle and fell asleep. You had to take it when and were you could get it. Ten or fifteen minutes of sleep was a treasured thing.

Great photo, looks as if it was taken Yesterday. It is a Lee Enfield which had a good reputation with the men that used it If it had one weakness, it was that the firing mechanisms were susceptible to dirt and grit. When not in battle, many men simply covered the firing mechanism with cloth (as in the photo) in an effort to keep out dirt which would jam the rifle.

Looks like some sort of road equipment, maybe something to keep tar hot.

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I am pretty certain that the woman in this photo is my mother who was at that time a City of Richmond official (the highest-ranking female at that time) working in the City Manager's office. The comment made by Seth Gaines that it looks like some kind of road equipment would make sense since she often dealt with various city departments.

A very important British heritage to Africans: neatness and hygiene.

Steady on looniz2011, steady on...that's quite the controversial statement there. And how relevant is it that the barber is amateur or otherwise? Isn't that for his subject to decide?