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Lee Speed .303 inch bolt action magazine, 1902 (c)
rifle, bolt action, Lee Speed, .303 in Mk II commercial, rifle, bolt action
Accession Number

NAM.1993-07-66-01

Description

Lee Speed .303 in bolt action magazine rifle with attached magazine, 1902 (c). Manufactured by British Small Arms Company, Birmingham, 1902 (c). Pull through in butt. This rifle was owned by C F P Jones, an other rank of the 51st Coy North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry, which was reorganised in January 1902 from veterans of the 60th (North Irish) Company 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry who had served in the Boer War (1899-1902). The Lee Speed rifle was the commercial equivalent of the Lee Enfield Mk I rifle. Intended primarily for civilian match-shooters, many were carried by members of the Imperial Yeomanry who had purchased them privately. This particular rifle was obtained from the Army and Navy Stores, London.

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)