Was the Martini-Henri still used by British forces in WW1?

I've read it was used for training especially with the massive expansion of the army in 1914/1915. I have not come across a source for it being used on mass in combat. However it is not ASB to think some officers (especially Boar war veterans) might have taken them along as personal weapons. Especially as I think officers where not issued rifles early on in the war.
 

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The Martini-Enfield made it into World War One, not the Martini-Henry. In fact, the Martini-Enfield was still in service with the Indian army until WW2 and Afghan tribesmen preferred to use them along with Lee Enfields to shoot at the Soviets in the 1980s; doubtless a few were fired at Coalition forces too.
 
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It wouldn’t surprise me if they reactivated the Martini Henry for issuing out to people like prison guards so their Lee-Enfields can be sent to war. That happened with a lot of old single shot rifles in that war.
 
The Home Guard used some locally sourced Martini Enfields in their early days in the Midlands in WW2. Martini Enfields were used in early period training and by the WW1 equivalent of the WW2 Home Guard.

The Ottomans were not only using their Martinis in some second line units (some updated to use Turkish army Mauser ammunition) but some poor souls in Yemen were still using Sniders of which some were Turkish/Belgian converted Enfield rifle muskets from the USA civil war surplus sales including some sold to France in 1870, captured unused by the Prussians and sold to the Ottomans.
 
The Martini-Enfield made it into World War One, not the Martini-Henry. In fact, the Martini-Enfield was still in service with the Indian army until WW2 and Afghan tribesmen preferred to use them along with Lee Enfields to shoot at the Soviets in the 1980s; doubtless a few were fired at Coalition forces too.
They were reasonable common in the Mid East in WW1 remained in reserve for decades. Some were issued for home defense in NZ early in WW2 due to lack of more modern arms.
 
.45 calibre Martini Henry incendiary rounds were made to attack Observation Balloons and were used before planes carried machine guns.
 
.45 calibre Martini Henry incendiary rounds were made to attack Observation Balloons and were used before planes carried machine guns.
Old Maxim guns in 45 caliber were fitted to Scouts to attack Zeppelins during the war,as at the time the .303 bullet didn't have enough incendiary payload to be effective
 
Reserve weapon even into the second world war, you would be surprised what gets taken in. I was reading how an English farmer that had bought a Marlin 1894 pump action shotgun ended up being used as a reserve weapon. Keep in mind I didn't know Marlin made pump shotguns. Now with a lot of the Martinis you see them get converted into shotguns or 303 as there was way more of that at the time.
 

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The Home Guard used some locally sourced Martini Enfields in their early days in the Midlands in WW2. Martini Enfields were used in early period training and by the WW1 equivalent of the WW2 Home Guard.

The Ottomans were not only using their Martinis in some second line units (some updated to use Turkish army Mauser ammunition) but some poor souls in Yemen were still using Sniders of which some were Turkish/Belgian converted Enfield rifle muskets from the USA civil war surplus sales including some sold to France in 1870, captured unused by the Prussians and sold to the Ottomans.

Do you have a source for the Ottomans. Sounds interesting
 
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