Memoir

of

William Ellis Metford

(1824-1899)

The greater part of this memoir was written by
Major the Hon. T.F.Fremantle

Contents

childhood - railways - inventions

India - the Mutiny - illness - investigation

bullets - barrels - telescopic sights - explosive bullets

hollow front bullets - Volunteers & the NRA - Sir Henry Halford

rifling - the small-bore rifle

Mitrailleuse - breech-loaders

military rifles - bullet design

the latter years

W.E.Metford's grave

[From a Photograph taken in 1878]

Notes
1. Published May, 1900
2. The original document does not have a contents listing. It has been broken into sections here for ease of reference.
3. Thanks to R.F.Gunn for providing the OCR'd text.
4. Formatting by D.B.Minshall.

Directory

TOP