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Local Firing Practice - Woburn Sands
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Woburn Paul
, Mar 09 2011 06:28 PM
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Woburn Paul
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 06:28 PM
This image comes from the Woburn Sands and District Society. No other details known. If anyone can advise on uniforms, kit ets, we would be grateful.
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 07:16 PM
Looks like standard 1907 pattern uniform together with 1914 pattern leather belt and bottle carrier etc, rifles are pattern 1914 (P14) .303 caliber enfields with matching bayonets.
Neat photo
regards
khaki
Neat photo
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khaki
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 07:22 PM
The equipment being worn is the 1914 pattern leather, the rifles in use are pattern 1914 Enfields ( with a Mauser type action), and the lightness of the uniform can indicate the troops practicing are in fact Volunteer Training Corps, rather than T.A., New Army or regulars.
Thats my reading of the photo, others may see things different, but it is a nice photo.
G
Thats my reading of the photo, others may see things different, but it is a nice photo.
G
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 07:30 PM
Thank you both. Some photos come to us with loads of info, some with none. Regretfully the two WW1 connected images have none!
