The No. 4 rifle, commonly known as the No. 4 Lee-Enfield, was the standard British service rifle of World War II. Even though the design was officially adopted in 1940, the British were able to ...

Jay Hawkins, 26, was inspired after buying a 1939 Lee-Enfield weapon. The painter and decorator, from St Ives, Cambridgeshire, has traced about 90 RAF, Army and Royal Navy personnel and hopes to ...