RIFLE, MILITARY

Description: RIFLE INCLUDES BOX MAGAZINE, BOLT, SPIKE BAYONET AND SHEATH. RIFLE MARKED "NO4 MK1" ON LEFT SIDE OF RECEIVER AND "1942 N0672" ON LEFT SIDE STEEL RING SURROUNDING STOCK. BUTT PLATE IS STAMPED "517" AND WOOD STOCK STAMPED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS WITH MARKS INCLUDING BROAD ARROW, "X", AND "W/B/TD". BOLT MARKED "20L851.3" WITH "C" AND ARROW MARK. MAGAZINE STAMPED "2178034" AND SPIKE "NO 4 MK II"

History: DONOR'S HUSBAND (KEN SMITH) ACQUIRED RIFLE IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1975. DONOR AND HUSBAND EMIGRATED FROM WALES IN 1958, SETTLING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1970. HUSBAND SERVED IN BRITISH MILITARY DURING WWII (PILOT) AND DISPLAYED WEAPON IN FAMILY ROOM OF HOME. HE FLEW 58 MISSIONS IN HALIFAX BOMBERS, SERVING LATER AS A BOMB DISPOSAL OFFICER. HUSBAND BECAME PRINCIPAL OF HAMILTON SCHOOL IN 1970, LEADING FAMILY TO MOVE HERE. HE WAS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SCHOOL INITIATIVES INCLUDING SCHOOL LIASON OFFICERS (1979), WAS INDUCTED INTO THE KAINAI CHIEFTANSHIP (1984) AND SERVED SIX YEARS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE FOR LETHBRIDGE. DONOR REQUESTS HUSBAND BE IDENTIFIED AS S. KENDRICK SMITH. *UPDATE* ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARITES, KEN SMITH PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 18, 1995, AS DID THE DONOR, MORWEN SMITH, ON MAY 30, 2013. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.