User:Farawayman/Sandbox Bailey's Sharpshooters

Bailey's Sharpshooters

A Sharpshooter or Marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting.

In 1916 the War Office approached the Union Defence Force of the urgent need for a unit of expert marksmen to operate on the front line on the Western Front. Sir Abe Bailey recruited and carefully selected men for the unit from Northern and Southern Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa. Bailey financed the equipping of this force throughout the war and paid the salaries of the men involved. Sir Abe Bailey's Sharpshooters