School builds mock trenches in playground

[slick63]

Came across this article earlier today. I quite like the hands on approach the headmaster has taken rather than just reading from books.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7978401/Teachers-dig-childrens-playground-favour-World-War-trenches.html

 

 

[Knotty]

Quick read then straight on to the comments, most amusing some of the replies.

Would like to garner a reply on the Lee Enfield SMLE comment, “it was bolt action so not rapid fire”, I believe that the record still stands of 38 hits on a 12” wide target in a minute at 300 yards set in 1914 by an British army instructor (name escapes me).

I won’t as it would stir up an ants nest😁

 

Thanks for the link slick63

[depaor01]

Nice hookie in one of the pics, somewhat disappointed by the 7.62 ammo in the same shot.

Oh sorry... thought this was the 1917 thread 

Seriously though, great idea.

Dave

[museumtom]

It looks like a hookey hookie lads. The hooks curve has a corner on it where it was welded?

[David Filsell]

Bet that's gone down like a rat sandwich with 'modern' educationalists and those offended by the nationalist, militarist, imperialist, straight people of Britain 

[593jones]

I enjoyed reading the Mail's captions for the photographs, particularly this one 'The Lee Enfield rifle had a 10 round magazine and was capable of accurate and rabid fire'   

 

Presumably that would be the 'Mad Minute'!

 

[David Filsell]

Mad minute was 15 rounds if wanted your "shooting money".

[Moonraker]

On 07/02/2020 at 16:01, Knotty said:

... Would like to garner a reply on the Lee Enfield SMLE comment, “it was bolt action so not rapid fire”, I believe that the record still stands of 38 hits on a 12” wide target in a minute at 300 yards set in 1914 by an British army instructor (name escapes me)...

Sergeant Instructor Alfred Snoxall.

 

And see

 

Enfield Rifles Forum

 

Moonraker

[Knotty]

Thank you Moonraker, couldn’t think of his name, and to be honest I wasn’t to bothered as I remembered there was some doubt as to wether it was achieved or not.

Thanks again for going to the trouble👍

 

[GWF1967]

1 hour ago, Moonraker said:

Sergeant Instructor Alfred Snoxall.

 

And see

 

Enfield Rifles Forum

 

Moonraker

Many thanks. 

[David Filsell]

Although widely quoted, and despite  trying, I have found the legendary Snoxall impossible to to trace. Has any one ever found his military records or is he just a missing legend?

[Moonraker]

The same few words about Snoxall seem to recur quite often on the Web. A younger David asked about him 13 years ago

 

here on the GWF

 

but didn't get far. However, a couple of years later there was a longer, if not too fruitful, discussion on the

 

Gunboards Forum

 

(See also the link in Post 13 on that thread.)

 

Hopefully this will save others on the GWF treading the same ground.

 

(We are going off-topic and if there's anything to add about Snoxall I suggest that it be put on the GWF thread mentioned above.)

 

Moonraker

Edited 8 February , 2020 by Moonraker