bolt action centre-fire rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19530003-031
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Small Arms Limited
- Date Made 1944
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/01/01
- Latest 1944/12/31
- Brand Name / Model No 4 Mk1*
- Inscription RIFLE NO 4 MKI PRESENTED TO COL J.L. RALSTON BY THE WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT OF SMALL ARMS LTD OCTOBER 31, 1944; No 4 MKI* over Long Branch over 1944;
- Pattern Name Lee-Enfield
- Materials Steel, Wood
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Measurements Height 20.5 cm, Length 113.0 cm, Width 7.5 cm
- Caption Small Arms Limited
- Additional Information The employees of Small Arms Limited of Long Branch, Ontario, presented this Lee-Enfield rifle and Sten submachine gun to Minister of National Defence J. L. Ralston in October 1944. This factory alone produced tens of thousands of Lee-Enfields and Stens for Canadian and Allied forces.