Long Lee In WW1

[Art]

Given the immense expansion of the army in WW1, anything that would chamber a 303 round was pressed into service.
In WW2 those same Long Lee's were issued to the home guard.
The P14 that the Brits didn't use in the first go round were re-issued in WW2, but mainly to the Home Guard though some wound up in the regular army. I remember a pic of a soldier in North Africa with one

Sometimes it didn't even need to chamber the .303 Round. The Brits obtained a bunch of 6.5mm Arisakas that mostly went to the navy though a good many ended up with T.E. Lawrence in Arabia. The Royal Navy also got some Winchester 44-40s and quickly found out they were as useless as a military rifle as you could imagine.

Heck, a good many American rear echelon troops in France were armed with Krags.

[John Sukey]

The Home Guard was originally called the "Local Defense Volunteers" until some comedian said that LDV actually meant "Look, Duck, and Vanish"

[RCS]

by 1915 the following Japanese Arisaka types were in British Service:

Rifle, Magazine, 256", Pattern 1900 (Type 30 1897 rifle

Rifle, Magazine, 256" Pattern 1907 (Type 38 Rifle)

Carbine, Magazine, 256" Pattern 1907 (Type 38 carbine)

Later many of these were sent to Russian and later captured by Finland and some were even
imported into the USA during the 1930's - a lot of interesting markings if you can find an example !