Mark Comment Description Country
AW - Austey & Wilson UK BA - Bathurst feeder factory Australia CEW - C.E. Welstead UK CFM - C.F. Moore & Son UK D&M - Davis & Mawson Limited UK EFD - R.S.A.F. Enfield, Enfield Lock UK FA - Forbes feeder plant in NSW Australia FY - R.O.F. Fazakerley, Lancashire UK FY - R.O.F. Fazakerley, Lancashire UK H.M. Co - H. Morris Co. UK JC - John Curtis UK LB - with the L and B overlaid on each other = Longbranch Canada M - R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire UK M1 - Accles & Pollock Ltd. Oldbury UK M14 - W&T Avery Ltd., Birmingham UK M17 - Baker & Finnimore Ltd., Birmingham UK M29 - Birmingham Tempered Spring & Presswork Ltd., Birmingham UK M3 - Albion Pressed Steel Metal Co. Birmingham UK M33 - Bloore & Pillar Ltd. UK M46 - J.B. Bruce Ltd., Birmingham UK M47A - B.S.A. Guns, Small Heath, Birmingham UK M47B - B.S.A. Guns, Redditch, Hereford & Worcester UK M47C - B.S.A. Guns, Shirley, Birmingham UK M54 - Carr & Smith, Birmingham UK M56 - W.C. Cheney & Sons Ltd., Willenhall UK M614 - Messrs Wildt & Co, Leicester UK M615 - BSA Guns, Leicester UK M616 - BSA Guns, Mansfield UK M630 - Woodhouse & Smith Co. Ltd., Nottingham UK M633 - S.B. Grundy & Co. Ltd., Derby UK M638 - North Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd., Leicester UK M639 - Hardwick Engineering Co., Leicester UK M66 - Crown Bedding Co. Ltd., Tyseley UK M78 - Elkington & Co UK M8 - Anstey & Wilson Ltd. Birmingham UK
M94 - W.W. Greener Ltd., Birmingham UK MA - Lithgow, New South Wales ,Australia Australia MAO - Made [in] Australia Orange Australia MB - Metal Box Co. UK N12 - British Screw Co. ltd., Leeds UK N22 - John Curtis & Son Ltd., Leeds UK N23 - G.P. Dennis Ltd., Liverpool UK N37 - Lang Pen Co., Leeds UK N45 - Metal Box Co., Hull UK N46 - Metal Box Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne UK N49 - H. Morris Co.Ltd., Glasgow UK N56 - Prince-Smith & Stells Ltd., Keighley UK N6 - Backer Electrical Co. UK N64 - Sheffield Steel Products Ltd., Sheffield UK N67 - Singer Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Clydebank UK N74 - William Sykes Ltd., Yorkshire UK N76 - Tempered Spring Co., Sheffield UK N77 - Thomas Turner & Co. Ltd., Sheffield UK N79 - Viners Ltd., Sheffield UK N80 - Walker & Hall Ltd., Sheffield UK N85 - Wilkinson's Ltd., Bradford UK N88 - John Wilson Ltd., Sheffield UK O.F.M. - R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire UK OA - Orange feeder factory Australia R.M. - R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire UK R.O.F.M. - R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire UK RC - Raleigh Cycles UK RM - R.O.F. Maltby, Yorkshire UK ROF(F) - R.O.F. Fazakerley, Lancashire UK S - found inside a square - Savage USA S - Savage USA S117 - United Motors Ltd., London UK S122 - Waddells Ltd., Middlesex UK S123 - Howard Ward Ltd., london UK S124 - Weir Larsen Tool Co., Middlesex UK S126 - C.E. Welstead, Croydon UK S128 - Wembley Tool Co., Willesden UK
S129 - Willey & Co., Exeter UK S131 - Wright Bros., London UK S132 - L.S. Mayer Ltd., London UK S134 - Addressograph & Multigraph, Cricklewood UK S156 - J. Boss & Co., London UK S166 - Burdon & Miles Ltd. UK S167 - British Oxygen Co. Ltd., London UK S169 - Chiswell Wire Co., Watford UK S171 - Cogswell & Harrison, London UK S174 - Cope & Timmins Ltd., london UK S176 - George Cotton & Sons, London UK S187 - Fenriss (1932) Ltd., Willesden UK S189 - Fisheries Foils Ltd., London UK S200 - Gramaphone Co., Middlesex UK S215 - Holland & Caesar Ltd., london UK S223 - E.S.S. (Signs) Ltd., Bristol UK S232 - G.S. Mascalls & Sons, London UK S238 - C.F. Moore & Sons Ltd., London UK S252 - Philco Radio & Television Corp, Middlesex UK Sk - R.S.A.F. Sparkbrook, Birmingham UK SL - William Sykes Ltd. UK SLAZ 43 - Slazenger manufacture 1943 Australia SM - Singer Manufacturing Co. UK SMC - Singer Manufacturing Co. UK SPARKBROOK - R.S.A.F. Sparkbrook, Birmingham UK UE - R.S.A.F. Enfield, Enfield Lock UK UF - R.O.F. Fazakerley, Lancashire UK VNS - Viners Ltd. Sheffield, England UK WA - Wellington feeder factory Australia WBLTD - Wilkinsons Ltd. Bradford UK WL - Wilkinsons Ltd. UK WLM/260 - Walls Ltd. UK WWG - W.W. Greener UK
Mark Comment Description Country
1MD - 1st Military District (Northern Command, Queensland) Australia 2MD - 2nd Military District (Eastern Command, New South Wales) Australia 3MD - 3rd Military District (Southern Command, Victoria) Australia 4MD - 4th Military District (Central Command, South Australia) Australia 5MD - 5th Military District (Western Command, West Australia) Australia 6MD - 6th Military District (Tasmania Command,Tasmania) Australia 7MD - 7th Military District (Northern Territory Command) Australia A^F - Australian Forces Australia C↑G - Cape Government (South Africa) S.Africa Rifles purchased in 1914 by New Zealand Government from C14 - NZ Canada D↑C - Dominion of Canada Canada D↑D - Department of Defence, Australia Australia Rifles purchased in 1914 by New Zealand Government from E14 - NZ England FMP - Federation of Malaysian Police Other IIG with arrow Older Indian Government property mark India ISA in circle Indian property mark India ISAA Inspectorate of small arms,ammunition UK
N↑Z - New Zealand Property Mark NZ NSW - New South Wales Australia NZ↑D - New Zealand Property Mark NZ Q↑C - Queensland Government Australia Q↑P - Queensland Police Australia S↑A over I post independence Ishapore mark India SA - South Africa property mark S.Africa TAS - Tasmania Australia TDE over (W) assumed Indian property mark India US Property - U.S. Lend Lease USA VIC. - Victoria Australia W.A. - Western Australia Australia
Mark Comment Description Country
A and SH - Argyll snd Sutherland Highlanders UK AA - Ardrossan Academy UK AAOC - Australian Army Ordnance Corps Australia AAV - Ayrshire Artillery Volunteers UK ACH - Australian Commonwealth Horse Australia ALH - Australian Light Horse Australia AMR - Auckland Mounted Rifles NZ AOC - Army Ordnance Corps UK APL - Aden Protectorate Levies UK ARR - Australian Rifle Regiment Australia ARRE - Assault Regiment Royal Engineers UK AVLH - Assam Valley Light Horse UK AyrY - Ayrshire Yeomanry UK B&R - The Blues and Royals
B&WD - Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons
Bays - The Queen's Bays
BNI - Bengal Native Infantry
Border - The Border Regiment
BSAP - British South Africa Police [Rhodesia]
Buffs - The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
BW - The Black Watch
BWIR - British West Indies Regiment
ByNI - Bombay Native Infantry
Cam - Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Camb. - The Cambridgeshire Regiment
CAR - Canadian Airborne Regiment
CG - Coldstream Guards
Ches - The Cheshire Regiment
CIV - City Imperial Volunteers
CMP - Corps of Military Police
CMR - Cape Mounted Riflemen [Imperial]
CMR - Canadian Mounted Rifles
COLY - County of London Yeomanry
CPRC - Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
CTH - Cape Town Highlanders
CyLY - City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
D&D - The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
DCLI - The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
DCO - Duke of Connaught's Own
DERR - The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
Devon - The Devonshire Regiment
DG - Dragoon Guards
DLI - Durban Light Infantry
DLI - The Durham Light Infantry
DLOY - Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
DWR - The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
EAA - East African Artillery
EAAC - East African Armoured Corps
EAASC - East African Army Service Corps
EAE - East African Engineers
EAEME - East African Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
EIRR - East India Railways Volunteer Rifles India ELan - The East Lancashire Regiment
EME - Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
ERY - East Riding Yeomanry
Essex - The Essex Regiment
EssexY - Essex Yeomanry
ESy - The East Surrey Regiment
EYork - The East Yorkshire Regiment
FFY - Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
Fin Rif - The Finsbury Rifles
Foresters - The Sherwood Foresters
FSR - First Surrey Rifles
GCR - Gold Coast Regiment
GDF - Gibraltar Defence Force
GG - Grenadier Guards
GH - The Green Howards
GlamY - Glamorgan Yeomanry
GlasgH - The Glasgow Highlanders
Glosters - The Gloucestershire Regiment
Gordons - The Gordon Highlanders
GR - Gurkha Rifles
Greys - The Royal Scots Greys
GTR - The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment
H&BY - Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry
HAC - Honourable Artillery Company
Hants. - Hampshire
HCY - Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry
Herts. - The Hertfordshire Regiment
HertsY - Hertfordshire Yeomanry
HG - Home Guard NZ HKSRA - Hong Kong Singapore Royal Artillery
HKVDC - Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
HLI - The Highland Light Infantry
I Arty - Indian Artillery
IAC - Indian Armoured Corps
IASC - Indian Army Service Corps
ICC - Imperial Camel Corps
IG - Irish Guards
Innis - Inniskilling
IY - Imperial Yeomanry
KACR - Kenya Armoured Car Regiment
KAR - King's African Rifles
KDG - 1st King's Dragoon Guards
KEH - King Edward's Horse
KentY - Kent Yeomanry
KEO - King Edward's Own
KGL - King's German Legion
KGO - King George's Own
KLR - The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
KOCR - The King's Own Calgary Regiment
KODR - King's Overseas Dominions Regiment
KOMR - King's Own Malta Regiment
KORBR - The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
KORR - The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
KOSB - The King's Own Scottish Borderers
KOYLI - The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
KOYYLI - The King's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry)
KRH - The King's Royal Hussars
KRRC - The King's Royal Rifle Corps
KSLI - The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
LanarkY - Lanarkshire Yeomanry
LanH - Lancashire Hussars
LanR - The Lancashire Regiment ((Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
LBH - Lothians and Border Horse
LD - The Light Dragoons
LdSH - Lord Strathcona's Horse
LDY - Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry
Leic - The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
LF - The Lancashire Fusiliers
LG - Life Guards
Linc - The Lincolnshire Regiment
Lincolns - The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
LivSco - The Liverpool Scottish
LNL - The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
LonSco - The London Scottish
LovScts - Lovat Scouts
Loyals - The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
LRB - London Rifle Brigade
LS - The London Scottish
LSuffH - TheDuke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars
Manch - The Manchester Regiment
MGC - Machine Gun Corps
Middx - The Middlesex Regiment
MLI - Mahratta Light Infantry
MNI - Madras Native Infantry
Mon - The Monmouthshire Regiment
MongY - Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
MTA - Mauritius Territorial Artillery
MxR - The Middlesex Regiment
NC - Natal Carbineers
NC - Royal Natal Carbineers
NF - The Northumberland Fusiliers
NFA - Natal Field Artillery
NH - Northumberland Hussars
NIH - North Irish Horse
NMR - Natal Mounted Rifles
Norf - The Norfolk Regiment
NorfY - Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
Northants - The Northamptonshire Regiment
NR - Nigeria Regiment
NRR - Northern Rhodesia Regiment
NS&BY - North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry
NSomY - North Somerset Yeomanry
NStaffs - The North Staffordshire Regiment
OBLI - The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
PAO - Prince Albert's Own
PemY - Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin)
PFF - Punjab Frontier Force
PIF - Punjab Irregular Force
PIR - Pacific Islands Regiment
PLKR - Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment
PPCLI - Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
PWO - The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
PWRR - The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
QDG - 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
QGE - The Queen's Gurkha Engineers
QLR - The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
QMI - Queensland Mounted Infantry
QMO - Queen Mary's Own
QO - Queen's Own
QOCG - Queen's Own Corps of Guides
QOCH - Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
QODY - The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
QOH - The Queen's Own Hussars
QOLY - The Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry
QOOH - The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
QORGY - The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
QORWK - The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
QOWKY - The Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
QOWWY - The Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry
QOY - The Queen's Own Yeomanry
QRH - The Queen's Royal Hussars
QRIH - The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
QRL - The Queen's Royal Lancers
QRV - Queenstown Rifle Volunteers
QVR - Queen Victoria's Rifles
QW - The Queen's Westminsters
R Innis. F - The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
R IRISH - The Royal Irish Regiment
R Scots - The Royal Scots
R WX Y - The Royal Wessex Yeomanry
R1stDY - Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
RA - Royal Artillery
RAA - Royal Australian Artillery
RAC - Royal Armoured Corps
RAE - Royal Australian Engineers
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAOC - Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RAR - Rhodesian African Rifles
RAR - The Royal Australian Regiment
RASC - Royal Army Service Corps
RB - The Rifle Brigade
RBerks - The Royal Berkshire Regiment
RBH - Royal Bucks Hussars
RCA - Royal Canadian Artillery
RCAC - Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
RCD - Royal Canadian Dragoons
RCHA - Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCR - The Royal Canadian Regiment
RCRR - The Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment
RD - The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons)
RDF - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
RDG - The Royal Dragoon Guards
RDLI - The Royal Durban Light Infantry
RDY - Royal Devon Yeomanry
RE - Corps of Royal Engineers
REME - Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
RF - The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
RFA - Royal Field Artillery
RFC - Royal Flying Corps
RG - Royal Gibraltar Regiment
RGA - Royal Garrison Artillery
RGBW - The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
RGH - Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
RGJ - The Royal Green Jackets
RGR - The Royal Gurkha Rifles
RH - The Royal Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)
RH&FA - Royal Horse and Field Artillery
RHA - Royal Horse Artillery
RhACR - Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment
RHamps - The Royal Hampshire Regiment
RHF - The Royal Highland Fusiliers
RHG - Royal Horse Guards
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and Royals RHG/D - Dragoons) RHKR(V) - The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (Volunteers)
RHR - The Royal Highlanders Regiment
RhSAS - Rhodesian Special Air Service
RIA - Royal Indian Artillery
RInnisks - The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
RIrF - The Royal Irish Fusiliers
RIrRgrs - The Royal Irish Rangers
RLI - Rand Light Infantry
RLI - Rhodesian Light Infantry
RM - Royal Marines
RMA - Royal Malta Artillery
RMF - The Royal Munster Fusiliers
RMLI - Royal Marine Light Infantry
RMLY - The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
RMonRE - Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
RNF - The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
RNSWR - Royal New South Wales Regiment Australia RNZA - Royal New Zealand Artillery
RNZE - Royal New Zealand Engineers
RNZIR - The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
RPR - Royal Pioneer Corps
RQR - The Royal Queensland Regiment
RRF - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
RRR - Royal Rhodesia Regiment
RRW - The Royal Regiment of Wales
RS - The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
RSA - Royal School of Artillery
RSAR - The Royal South Australia Regiment
RSDG - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
RSF - The Royal Scots Fusiliers
RSx - The Royal Sussex Regiment
RTR - The Royal Tank Regiment
RTR - The Royal Tasmania Regiment
RUR - The Royal Ulster Rifles
RVC - Rifle Volunteer Corps
RVR - The Royal Victoria Regiment
RW Kent - The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
RWAFF - Royal West African Frontier Force
RWAR - The Royal Western Australia Regiment
RWarw - The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
RWF - The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
RWiltsY - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
RYR - Royal Yeomanry Regiment
S. Lancs - The South Lancashire Regiment
SAA - South African Artillery
SAAC - South African Armoured Corps
SADF - South African Defence Force
SAI - South African Infantry
SAI Regt - South African Irish Regiment
SALH - South African Light Horse
SALH - South Alberta Light Horse
SAMR - South Australia Mounted Rifles
SAS - Special Air Service
SASR - Special Air Service Regiment
SCLI - The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
ScoHse - Scottish Horse
ScoRif - The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
SDGH - Stormont and Glengarry Highlanders
Sea. H. - Seaforth Highlanders
SEA. R Seaforth Highlanders - Rifle battalion? Canada
SG - Scots Guards
ShropsY - Shropshire Yeomanry
SIH - South Irish Horse
SNHY - South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry
Som. LI - The Somerset Light Infantry
SR - Scottish Rifles
SRA - Southern Rhodesia Artillery
SRR - Special Reconnaissance Regiment
SRY - Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
SStaffs - The South Staffordshire Regiment
StaffsR - The Staffordshire Regiment
Suff - The Suffolk Regiment
SWB - The South Wales Borderers
SxY - Sussex Yeomanry
SyY - Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
THR - Tower Hamlets Rifles
TJFF - Trans-Jordan Frontier Force
TVC - Tientsin Volunteer Corps
VMR - Victorian Mounted Rifles
VRC - Volunteer Rifle Corps
W Rid R - The West Riding Regiment
W&CY - Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
W&SFR - The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
WAA - West African Artillery
WAAC - West African Armoured Corps
WAR - West African Regiment
Welsh - The Welsh Regiment
WESSEX - The Wessex Regiment
WFR - The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
WG - Welsh Guards
Wilts - The Wiltshire Regiment
WIR - West India Regiment
WNTS Watts Naval Training School, Norfolk UK
Worc - The Worcestershire Regiment
WR - Witwatersrand Rifles
WSomY - West Somerset Yeomanry
WYork - The West Yorkshire Regiment
Y&L - The York and Lancaster Regiment
Yorks. - The Yorkshire Regiment (Princess Alexandra's)
YorksD - The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
YorksH - Yorkshire Hussars
Autres marquages
Mark Comment Description Country
* on receiver Found on top of the breech and indicated rust found in bore - >S< - Sold out of service marking meaning it was released to the public. - BLR - Beyond Local Repair - FTR - Factory Thorough Recondition/Repair - HV - Sighted for Mark VII high velocity ammunition - R - Rusted barrel - ZF on butt Beyond Local Repair UK
Mark Comment Description Country
under BNP Birmingham Nitro Proof after 1954 UK crown England - British private export mark pre-1968 UK under NP Birmingham Nitro Proof between 1912 and 1954 UK crown W - Found inside 5 pointed star - Weedon Supply Depot UK
Serial numbers on Rifle .303 No4 This material was extracted from official papers. It should be used as a general guide. Extract Qty Serial Nos Rem Supt ROF Faz akerly 1A - 2000A 2000 rifles to be assembled from existing No1 Mk6 rifle components made by Enfield.
Many were made into No4 (T)s BSA Guns 270000 0001 -9999
A0001 - A9999
& so on thro' alphabet ROF Maltby 270000 10000 - 19999
A10000 - A19999
& so on thro' alphabet ROF Faz 20000 - 29999
A20000 - A29999
& so on thro' alphabet
then AA, BA, BB etc ROF Faz 3000 2001A - 3000A Components not Components interchangeable for these rifles were made by 5001A - 6000A Enfield about 1935, shipped 7001A - 8000A to Fazakerly in ROF Maltby 2000 3001A - 4000A Components not 1940. They interchangeable were actively sought out and 8001A - 9000A destroyed in BSA Guns 13000 4001A - 5000A Components not the early '50s. interchangeable Very few have 6001A - 7000A survived.
9001A - 10000A
10001A - 20000A Shirley 230000 30000 - 39999
A30000 - A39999
& so on thro' alphabet
excluding I, J, O & W
also
A40000 - A79999 ROF Faz Repairs #1 onwards, to cover rifles whose original numbers had become obliterated. Faz 551-570 Rifles for Pd Stores, Melton Mobray ROF Faz Post PF1 - PF11000 war manf Shirley PS1 - PS 10000 ROF Faz PF12000 - PF 111999 ROF Faz PF112000 - PF112099 Order short closed.
( ROF Faz 100000 PF118000 - PF217999 ROF Faz PF218000 - PF219799 ROF Faz PF225948 - PF250947