British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Makers and Markings

British No. 4 Spike Bayonet Details and Markings

Type

Description

Maker

No. 4 Mk. I No. 4 Mk. II

First pattern spike

bayonet, with the

distinctive cruciform blade.The bayonet was forged

Singer Manufacturing Co., Clydebank, Scotland

and milled from one

solid piece of steel.

Second pattern

spike bayonet.The

bayonet was forged

and milled from one

solid piece of steel. However, the milled blade flutes were eliminated.

Savage Stevens Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA

Maker Markings

GR NO 4 MK I SM

Number Production Reported Years

75,000

1941

1,250,000 1941?42

Singer Manufacturing Co., Clydebank, Scotland

Crown Corporation

Small Arms Ltd., Long

Branch, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Arsenals Ltd., Long Branch, Ontario, Canada

No. 4 Mk. II* Third pattern spike

bayonet.The socket

and blade were

separate forgings.

The blade was

Baird Engineering Com-

joined to the socket pany, Belfast, Northern

by welding (except Ireland

for Baird Engineer-

ing, who pinned the

blade to the socket).

GR NO 4 MK II SM NO 4 MK II

N 67

S M N67

NO4 MARK II BEC N96

1,141,782 1942?44

910,000 1942?44

5,000

1950

101,103 1942?44

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Type

No. 4 Mk. II* (cont'd)

Description

Maker

Maker Markings

Number Production Reported Years

Howard & Bullough Co., Accrington, Lancashire

161,026 1942?44

Lewisham Engineering, 9 & 11 MalyonsRoad, Ladywell, London

Prince-Smith, & Stells & Co. Ltd., Keighly,Yorkshire

NO 4 MK II* P. S. K.

NO 4 MK II* P. S. & S. LTD

84,566 1942?43 1,057,515 1942?45

56

Unknown Maker, made for Belgium

No 4 MK 2 Bg

No. 4 Mk. III

Fourth pattern spike bayonet.The socket is fabricated from seven sheet metal stampings welded together. The blade was then joined to the socket by welding.

Joseph Lucas Ltd., Chester Street, Birmingham

M158

Other Markings

Type Acceptance Markings

Description Belgian Acceptance Mark

British Acceptance Mark

Canadian Acceptance Mark

South Africa Acceptance Mark

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approx. 7,000

ca. late1940s

196,200 1944?45

Marking

J



Type Forger's Marks

Scabbard Markings

Description Fred Fisher & Sons Ltd. John Wilson Ltd., Sheffield

Tinsley Rolling Mills Co. Ltd., Sheffield

Viners Ltd., Sheffield Type Marking on Mouthpiece Belgium Franco-British Electrical Company,Tempel Park, Hurley The Gramophone Company Ltd., London Mazak

Sheffield Steel Products, Sheffield,Yorkshire

Tempered Spring Company, Sheffield Vanden Plas (Eng) 1923 Ltd., Kingsbury Rd., London Victory Plastics Co., Hudson, Massachusetts, USA

Marking F.F. & S. LD J.W. (S) LTD

TRM.1 TRM.2 TRM.3 VNS

No 4 Mk 1

Bg S191 S200

M

S.S.P. N64 T.S.Co. S286

Viewer's Markings (examples) Misc. Markings

Unknown Scabbard Marking

IG

47Z 77Z 115Z

147

Air Ministry Contract

Auto Engineering (Croydon) Company

Post 1945/46 Nomenclature Marking

B

AM/712 [S7]

NO. 4 MK. 2

Unknown Mark

D

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