Enfield Pictures. (56K Warning)

[Dimitri]

Thanks to TheIndifferent1 giving me that link to the Archvies, I hope the Mods don't mind.

First up is pictures in the LongBranch plant:

The Girls:

Claire Radcliffe of Regina, Sasketchewan, uses a dumore hand grinder to de-burr the body of a Lee Enfield. (April 1944 by Ronny Jaques.)

Jenny Johnston of Winnipeg, Manitoba, gauging bores of barrels of Lee Enfield rifles. (April 1944 by Ronny Jaques.)

Women poses with finished Sten SMG. (26 May 1942 by Nicholas Morant.)

Women poses with finished No.4 Enfields. (26 May 1942 by Nicholas Morant.)

Women examines finished No.4 Enfields. (26 May 1942 by Nicholas Morant.)

And the Guy:

Gordon Fisher of Lakeview, Ont. operates a butt machine fastening the Lee Enfield rifle butt to the rifle. (April 1944 by Ronny Jaques.)


Now for the Lee-Enfield in Action Pictures:

Two soldiers wearing gas masks examining a Lee Enfield rifle, France March 1917 by William Ivor Castle. (So a Month before Vimy Ridge.)

Unidentified infantrymen using their Lee Enfield rifles fitted with Mark II bayonets to probe soil during a mine-clearing drill during a 1st Canadian Infantry Division training exercise, England, ca. 1-3 April 1943. By Alexander Mackenzie Stirton.

Highlander cleaning his Short Lee Enfield rifle (Royal Highlanders of Canada). June, 1916

Gunners Elgin Buckland and F.J. Campbell of the 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), cleaning the barrels of their Lee-Enfield rifles, England, 17 July 1943 by Laurie A Audrain.

Hope you like

Dimitri

 

[NavyShooter]

Danke! Looks great!

NS

 

[Calum]

And the Guy:

Gordon Fisher of Lakeview, Ont. operates a butt machine fastening the Lee Enfield rifle butt to the rifle. (April 1944 by Ronny Jaques.)

No wonder them bolts are such bastards to remove.

Awesome pics, thanx for sharing.

 

[Polish-Jack]

Wow, look at the chin on the guy to the right in the last picture. Jay L. better hope the guy is no longer living.

 

[longbranch*]

Enfields

Interesting to see the MKIII's with volley sights.

 

[Gibbs505]

Great pic's there!

 

[ilovepotatos]

Nice. Thanks!

 

[Timberlord]

Couple more Longbranch girls

 

[Dimitri]

Nice picture Timberlord!

Dimitri

 

[Skippy]

That's one of about 20 or so pictures I scanned and posted online a year or so ago.
I got the book from my grandmother who worked as an inspector (inspecting and stamping receivers) in the Long Branch factory from '41-'46.

I'll post the rest as soon as I find the damn link.

 

[Skippy]

Here we go:
http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/long_branch_employees_collection

Florence McCaughey was her name while she worked at the Small Arms plant (it was called Small Arms, "Long Branch" was simply it's location), and after the war she married her sweetheart, my grandfather who was a sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers, who saw action in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Germany, Victor Cathcart.

Florence Cathcart, just celebrated her 89th birthday this May.

 

[ilovepotatos]

Here we go:
http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/long_branch_employees_collection

Florence McCaughey was her name while she worked at the Small Arms plant (it was called Small Arms, "Long Branch" was simply it's location), and after the war she married her sweetheart, my grandfather who was a sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers, who saw action in France, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Germany, Victor Cathcart.

Florence Cathcart, just celebrated her 89th birthday this May.

Awesome content! I appreciate the story.

 

[bushwhacker]

Please say a belated "Happy Birthday" to grandmother Florence from all the Gun Nutz. I wonder if the War Museum has copies of photographs like these?

 

[skirsons]

Dimitri

These guys don't know which way to point them.

 

[Dimitri]

Please say a belated "Happy Birthday" to grandmother Florence from all the Gun Nutz.

I agree, happy birthday to your grandmother.

Dimitri

 

[Dimitri]

Skippy,

I was looking through that photo album and this picture caught my eye at the Inglis factory:

Evelyn Turner 18 welder. She is shown welding a Bren gun magazine at the John Inglis Co. Bren gun plant may 1941

Hope no one is related to her here and takes offense.

By the way the new paper cliping of the production of No.4 Rifles and Sten SMG's is interesting apparently making 35,000 rifles and 8,500 SMG's per month in 1943.

Dimitri

 

[prosper]

Gordon Fisher of Lakeview, Ont. operates a butt machine fastening the Lee Enfield rifle butt to the rifle. (April 1944 by Ronny Jaques.)

So, what do you do for a living?
Oh, I screw butts down at the factory.

 

[BBq_Woa!]

wonderful, thanks so much

 

[TheIndifferent1]

Please say a belated "Happy Birthday" to grandmother Florence from all the Gun Nutz. I wonder if the War Museum has copies of photographs like these?

The War Museum has quite the collection of photographs. Plus, Library and Archives Canada is located about 800m from the War Museum, so there's a sharing arrangement there Turnaround time at the archives is usually 24 hours, unless its stored offsite in Gatineau, in which case it can be a few days.

If any of you had any relatives in WWI and are in Ottawa for a few days, I highly suggest getting their war records pulled and photocopies made. Always a nice reference to have at home If you need directions on how to do this I'll be happy to let you know - be warned though, this is a government institution and as such as its quirks, bureaucrats and paper work

 

[Gibbs505]

Skippy,

I was looking through that photo album and this picture caught my eye at the Inglis factory:

Hope no one is related to her here and takes offense.

By the way the new paper cliping of the production of No.4 Rifles and Sten SMG's is interesting apparently making 35,000 rifles and 8,500 SMG's per month in 1943.

Dimitri

Why would anyone take offence? Great pics and a lovely girl with a beautiful smile.