Burial of the No 4 Lee Enfield Rifle.

Burial of the Number 4 Lee Enfield Rifle.

A formal farewell was performed at Bisley for the No 4 Lee Enfield Rifle. The rifle was first issued in 1939 and was in common use by 1941. The Self Loading Rifle 7.62mm (SLR) replaced the Number 4 Rifle.

The 'burial' took place at Bisley, Surrey during the United Services match. A piper played a lament as an escort with arms reversed accompanied the flag-draped gun carriage at the slow march. The rifle was lifted from the gun carriage and solemnly lowered into the grave. An exhortation was delivered by an officer - to much laughter. A bugler played the last post and a firing party fired three blank rounds over the grave.