BRITISH No.

4 SPIKE BAYONET MAKERS

Type Description Maker Maker's Number Years of

Mark Produced Production
No. 4 Mk. I First pattern Singer 75,000 1941
spike bayonet, Manufacturing
G R
with the Co., NO 4 MK I
distinctive Clydebank, S M
cruciform blade. Scotland
The bayonet
was forged and
milled from one
solid piece of
steel.
No. 4 Mk. II Second pattern Singer 1,141,782 1942-1944
spike bayonet. Manufacturing
G R
The bayonet Co., NO 4 MK II
was forged from Clydebank, S M
one solid piece Scotland
of steel. and
However, the
milled blade
flutes were NO 4 MK II
eliminated. N 67

Savage Five Different 1,250,000 1941-1942

Stevens Co., Marks
Chicopee Falls,
Massachusetts
, USA
S
S
S
S
S

Crown 910,000 1942-1944

Corporation
Small Arms
Ltd., Long
Branch,
Ontario,
Canada

Canadian 5,000 ca. 1950

Arsenals Ltd.,
Long Branch,
Ontario,

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 Type Description Maker Maker's Number Years of
Mark Produced Production
No. 4 Mk. II* Third pattern Prince-Smith, 1,057,515 1942-1945
spike bayonet. & Stells & Co.
NO 4 MK II*
The socket and Ltd., Keighly, P. S. K.
blade were Yorkshire
separate NO 4 MK II*
forgings. The
blade was P. S. & S. LTD
joined to the
socket by
welding (except
for Baird
Engineering,
who pinned the
blade to the
socket).

Howard & 161,026 1942-1943

Bullough Co.,
Accrington,
Lancashire

Baird
Engineering
Company, 101,103 1942-1944
Belfast,
Northern
Ireland

Lewisham
Engineering, 9
& 11 Malyons 84,566 1942-1943
Road,
Ladywell,
London
No. 4 Mk. III Fourth pattern Joseph Lucas 196,200 1944-1945
spike bayonet. Ltd., Chester
The socket is Street,
fabricated from Birmingham
seven sheet
metal stampings
welded
together. The
socket was then
welded to the
blade.

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