WW2 British, Home Guard, ‘Small Arms Manual’ by Lt. Col. J. A. BARLOW, S.A.C. 1942

Was £21 now £15

During the Second World War, Barlow was Director of Artillery Small Arms in the Ministry of Supply, Artillery Division.
Prior to WW2, in 1921, he had joined the West Yorkshire Regiment and reached the rank of Brigadier. Just like his father he took an interest in musketry winning medals at Bisley in 1930, 1933, 1936, winning the Queens Prize Gold Medal in 1934 and 1938. After WW2 he wrote the Army’s new Small Arms Training Manual.
This manual has chapters covering rifles, light & medium machine guns, machine carbines, revolvers, and pistols.

A February 1942 reprint of the January 1942 first edition in average condition with some creasing with WW2 era pencil notes to some pages.

Code: 71