ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 5. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: ZV Zbrojovka Brno, Brno, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Cordite was used as a propellant from 1891 and the first adopted cordite cartridge, the Cartridge S.A. Ball, Magazine Rifle Cordite Mark 1, had a 215 grain round nosed cupro-nickel jacketed bullet giving a muzzle velocity of about 1970 feet per second at a chamber pressure of about 17.5 tons per square inch. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. . A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co. .303 cartridge production started in early 1918 and continued until late 1918 when the factory ceased production altogether. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. 299.06 KB. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. Durham Light Infantry Brigade had lots of men from Spennymoor were sent to Oxford to train for overseas, they were billeted in a brewery in Nook Norton. My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. The following .303 cartridges are known to have been produced by Kynoch: Armour Piercing Mks VII.S, VII.P, VII.W, W Mk 1 and W Mk 1Z, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 8z with Aluminium Case, Drill, D Mk 6, D Mk 8, D Mk 9 and D Mk 10. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. Call Us: 01388 815276
Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. DC Dominion Cartridge Company which later became the Dominion Ammunition Division of Canadian Industries Ltd. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. Both firms are believed to have manufactured .303 Blackpowder Mk 2 Ball Cartridges, L-E or U Remington UMC, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. After the war in 1918 Kynoch Ltd, in common with most other British small arms ammunition manufacturers, was merged into Explosives Trades Ltd, later to become Nobel Industries. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 1887 Report by Lord Morley's committee into the Manufacturing Departments of the Army, which consisted of 4 establishments: Woolwich, Waltham Abbey, Enfield and Birmingham; the committee made a number of recommendations for reorganisation, having taken account of modern industrial practices[4]. This company was formed in 1890 at Kings Norton, it owned its own rolling mills and had a loading plant at Abbey wood in Kent. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: SR Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. text of this web site is available under the Creative 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. There are entire streets without any closet accommodation whatever and in its stead open wooden boxes are placed opposite nearly every doorway for the reception of the excrement, ashes and other refuse; an arrangement which, besides being revolting to every sense of decency, is stated to be offensive in the extreme, especially in hot weather. In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. Quarter inch green band Canadian made tracer, Wide green band at equator of case Canadian made Match Ball (1922), Six purple bands around equator of case Canadian Match Ball (1926), Ball round with case blackened quarter inch back from the mouth Short Range Practice Mk 1 (1895 1897), or Mk 2 (1899 1912), Case completely blackened with brass dummy bullet Blank with mock bullet Mk 6, Blank case all black Rifle grenade blank Mk 2, Blank, front half black Rifle Grenade, Ballistite, Blank, front and rear thirds black Rifle grenade Mk 4 for Grenade No 85, Blank, rear half black Rifle grenade blank Mk 7z or Smoke discharger Mk 1T, Ball, reddened case Proof round Mks 1 to 3. These should not be confused with the manufacturers identification code. EGYPT is known to have produced .303 ball ammunition at the Government Arsenal Shoubra, United Arab Republic and Factory No 10 at Alexandria, Egypt. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. Chamber pressure however was higher at 20 21 tons per square inch compared to the 19.5 tons per square inch of the Mark VII round. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. In 1887, when they were renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department, from which in 1899 they returned to the . 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. This round, as originally adopted, consisted of a 215 grain, round nosed, cupro nickel jacketed bullet in front of 71.5 grains of RFG2 Blackpowder. Wesleyan Church opened. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. 8; . MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. During the battle, the prior from Durham and his monks knelt on a little hillock in the Shaw Wood and prayed for an English victory while holding aloft, impaled on a spear, the Holy Corporax Cloth from the Cathedral. Although these were the only houses built before the war, they did provide some hope and allowed the clearance of some of the worst of the squalid areas. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF, Blackburn was part of the Ministry of Defence organisations producing components for the manufacture of armaments and arms related equipment from the late 1930 until after WWII. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. It was originally built by the Normans and its splendid strategic position led to it being fortified in 1143 by the Scots intruder, William Cumyn. 2000 Millennium Mining Memorial unveiled in Victoria Jubilee Park. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. When U used with a diamond this indicates manufacture in a subsidiary factory at Kimberley. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. The headstamp code B denoting the manufacturer should not be confused with B as in BVIIZ which indicates incendiary ammunition. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. do not work properly without it enabled. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Used the same annulus colour coding as United Kingdom for ammunition supplied under contract to the British Government during both the First and Second World Wars. 01388 815276 Some military training seems to have been given, doubtless with a view to the then unsettled state of the country due to the growing tension between Parliament and the King. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GKB or K George Kynoch, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. The Dene is landscaped. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Although the United States of America did not officially adopt a .303 rifle, it did produce, under the Lend Lease scheme of World War 2, nearly a third of the wartime production of No 4 rifles used by British troops. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. This cupro-nickle jacketed bullet, produced at the Dum Dum ammunition factory in India, had an exposed lead nose which gave rapid expansion on impact and therefore greater wounding effect when it hit a body. This fortress must have been of great strength, for it stood on a height above the River Wear; many coins, urns, altars and pieces of Roman pottery have been found, as well as the remains of a hypocaust of the heating system. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). ITALY used both bullet tip and annulus codes, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Phosphorus filled) Blue tip, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Thermite filled) Green tip, UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES BEFORE c 1955,ie Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa used bullet tip and annulus code from about 1918 onwards, Armour Piercing Green tip, Green annulus, Tracer Short Range White tip, Red annulus, Tracer Dark Ignition Grey tip, Red annulus. From 1918 to 1950 it had its own parliamentary constituency, from 1950 to 1974 it was in the Durham constituency and from 1974 to 1983 in the North West Durham constituency. This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. The end of World War II, however, saw this industrial activity greatly curtailed and hard times returned, although without the severity of the earlier pre-war years. By the end of 1963 over 1,120 sub-standard houses had been cleared and as many new Council houses built for letting whilst over 400 houses had been improved by grant aid. They received their first Government contract for the supply of Mk 7 Ball ammunition in 1915 and continued to produce until the end of 1918 at their new factory at Tyseley. Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: W-W Winchester Western Division of Olin Industries, New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. This web publication contains 152,494 pages of 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. Proof, Cordite Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Q Mk 3, Q Mk 4 and Q Mk 5, Tracer SPG(VII.G) Mk 1 and SPG(VII.G) Mk1Z, Tracer G Mk 1, G Mk 1 Special, G Mk 2, G Mk 3 and G Mk 4, Experimental steel anti fouling bulleted rounds, Experimental Armour Piercing Tracer (1917-18), Experimental Explosive, RTS and RTT Cartridges, Experimental Grenade Launching Cartridges. Town Centre redeveloped. During the period ending with the 1914-18 war Kynoch, which by then was the largest of the British commercial ammunition manufacturers, owned rolling mills at Witton; at Lodge Road, Birmingham and at Eyre Street, Birmingham. This company was formed in 1897 and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Nobels explosive company who also owned a further ammunition plant, fully acquired in 1907, at Waltham Abbey, Essex. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. Servicesheld in Town Hall. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. At various times it had propellant factories at Arklow, County Durham, making cordite; at Warsboro Dale, Yorkshire, making blackpowder and at Kynochtown, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, making smokeless powder. In 1962 the Metals Division of ICI was reorganised as a separate company known as Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. During WW1 Kynoch produced in excess of 2,373 million .303 cartridges. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. With the creation of the Ministry of Munitions, it was a logical step for that Ministry to take over supervision of these factories and co-ordinate their production with that of the other National Factories then being established. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. Penny Rate Product 23,000. Amongst the many hundreds of guns produced during his administration, which were at least 50% more powerful than the guns they superseded, not a single failure or accident of any kind occurred. However, as always in industrial life, boom was followed by bust or near bust, and by 1879 miners wages were down to 4s 9d a day and those of ironworkers to a mere 3s a day. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). In WWII Explosives factories were established at[9]: WWII: 20 Filling factories were planned but only 16 were built including[11] [12]: WWII: Other Filling factories were devoted to Small Arms Ammunition: Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. This propellant, however, was not considered to be as stable as cordite in the tropics and cordite was, therefore, still retained as a propellant in military cartridges for the remainder of the cartridges service life. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 (identified on headstamp as 7.70) cartridges during 1918 in: Also known to have produced ball rounds in the 1920s and 30s, A VE Atelier de Construction de Valence, FRANCE. Nevertheless, the situation remained bad and there were still far too many damp, badly lit and ventilated houses opening onto small paved yards or back streets. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the Royal Ordnance Factory. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites
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