Trevor, the BEF of 1940 was not young. I believe that the average age of fatalaties was 27 or so. It included a lot of recalled reservists.
Added to that, the working class had a pretty hard life during the depression years - Poor nutrition, left school at 14, chain-smoked ever since and a lack of dental care meaning lots of sunken cheeks...
It was a very different army from the one that went back to France in 1944.
Gracie Fields visted the troops in France in 1940 too. Proper music-hall stuff. Authentically English...to my mind far preferable to all the Glenn Miller and simpering Vera Lynn that came later.
My bike is in that serial range, C4343114, may be in that line up, who knows?
Maybe nice to do a Phantom bike. Not to sure about slinging a Lee Enfield like that.
I can remember a good few years ago, a thread about the locations of brackets etc.
