Webley & Scott Flare Guns
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Webley & Scott produced a number of single-shot, break open signal flare devices used by Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII*, known to have been produced in 1918 at the company's Birmingham facility. A variant, differing only in its use of black plastic grip panels instead of the earlier wood, was produced by Colonial Sugar Refinery in Sydney, Australia in 1942. The pistols can often be seen in films set during the aforementioned wars, notably Lawrence of Arabia, where the title character discharges one to signal the beginning of an attack on a disabled enemy train.
