Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. 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. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. Penny Rate Product 23,000. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. The one good road was maintained by tolls collected at turnpike gates. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. 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. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. RA Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, NORWAY. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. By 1935 the first 66 Council houses had been built, and a year later the first 106 North Eastern Housing Association houses were erected on the Racecourse Estate site. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: T.BLAND & SONS Commercial .303 ammunition loaded by T. Bland & Sons, London, UNITED KINGDOM in ball and sporting configurations. Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. All these villages had common rights on the moor but, as it became denuded by increasing flocks, some of the local people were induced to relinquish their rights and so, gradually, the common became the property of just one owner Merrington Priory. Download. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Find out how you can use this. This company represents the only new commercial ammunition manufacturer put into business by the Government as a result of demand in the 1914- 18 war. 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. 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. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. This firm was first formed by George Kynoch at Witton in 1862 as a manufacturer of percussion caps. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. those of the BBC. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. 3. These men, early industrial workers, wore their hair long and on these gala days it flowed freely over their shoulders instead of, as usually was the case, being tied in curls. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges 1923. 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. Electric lighting for Spennymoor. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. Town Hall refurbished. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. EGYPT is known to have produced .303 ball ammunition at the Government Arsenal Shoubra, United Arab Republic and Factory No 10 at Alexandria, Egypt. High Street, 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. Floral waistcoats and ribboned hats were worn on these highly colourful occasions. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. 1906 Police Station opens. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). . He was in a parachute regiment when Italy capitulated. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. Factory in operation 1828 1919. The arms factory was closed in 1987. 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. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. 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. The Woolwich site apart from containing all the supportive facilities for the research, design, development, inspection and testing of ammunition also included an extensive range complex on the Plumpstead Marshes. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 1941 Royal Ordnance Factory opens. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Spennymoor United AFC founded. Nobel Industries in turn was to become part of the new giant Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd when it was formed in 1926. Town Centre redeveloped. Download. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 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. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. The USA should therefore, along with Australia, India and the United Kingdom, be considered as one of the major producers of both .303 rifles and ammunition. The Badcock Armoury closed. 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 299.06 KB. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1939 Outbreak of World War II. US Lend Lease production for the UK was 1,196,706 No 4 rifles whereas the total British wartime production of this rifle was 2,021,913. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. 1971 New sewage plant built at Tudhoe Mill. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Town Hall, Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. people who designed and built them. My Father worked at the factory. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mk 7. Hornady Hornady have manufactured their Custom brand of nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ammunition in the following sporting cartridges: 150 gr Spire Point Soft nosed sporting cartridge, 174 gr Round Soft nosed sporting cartridge. Originally colour markings arose from the need to make a quick visual check of the arrangements in a machine gun belt and they are now almost universally applied. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. DAL or LAC Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, CANADA. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. 2000 Millennium Mining Memorial unveiled in Victoria Jubilee Park. 1964 Black and decker open factory at Green Lane. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. 21. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Prior to the formation of Kynoch Ltd (see later entry) it was known to have produced .303 cartridges in: GEVELOT Gevelot & Gaupillat Freres, Paris, FRANCE. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. Neither Britons nor Romans cultivated the moor, but on the site of Binchester, a village five miles to the south-west, the Romans built a camp around which grew up the settlement of Vinovium. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". Download. Explosive bullets were not produced in the UK after about 1933 due to the relatively small amount of explosive that could be contained in the bullet limiting their effectiveness, their role being successfully fulfilled by the use of Mark 6 and 7 incendiary bullets which were also of a less complicated construction. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. 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. The three historic state-controlled munitions factories at Woolwich, Enfield, and Waltham Abbey were taken over as National Factories were controlled by the Army Board at the outbreak of the war, under the Master General of the Ordnance. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. This of course was not the total number of .303 rifles produced in the UK during WW2, as the SMLE Rifle No 1 was still being manufactured, BSA alone producing nearly a quarter of a million No 1 Mk III and III* rifles. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed by the Chancery Court. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7 ( Canadian WW1 contract pattern ) 1914-16, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z ( Canadian Pattern ). Monogram in use 1941 1945. On 2 January the majority were vested in the UK Government-owned company Royal Ordnance Plc together with 3 Agency-operated Factories, the Waltham Abbey south site and the Royal Small Arms Factory. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. Troubled Years Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. Most countries do not, unlike Britain, identify the bullet by the headstamp, so such colour markings are often the only way to identify the bullet in use. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. public. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. 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. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. 1994 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. Solid Case, .303inch. 1990 Town Council wins Waterlow Trophy for fourth year. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. 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. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. These should not be confused with the manufacturers identification code. 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. 1934 to 1939 Many new Royal Ordnance Factories were built to enhance the capacity of the Royal Arsenal, Royal Gunpowder Factory and the Royal Small Arms Factory which, being close to London, were susceptible to being bombed[6]. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. asked the Minister of War Transport (1) whether he will provide omnibus facilities to enable girls to travel from Ferryhill and Merrington to the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor in time to commence work at 7.30 a.m., and an omnibus service back to Ferryhill at 5 p.m.; My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. Nevertheless, the whole of this countryside was made desolate by Williams soldiers, and for many years it was the haunt of outlaws and wild animals. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. This story has been placed in the following categories. Servicesheld in Town Hall. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. We had workers playtime during our half hour break. Commonly known locally as the "Fuse" or "Fuze", because the majority of components in production related to the fuse mechanisms used on most explosive devices at the time, bombs. .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 Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 10. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: Band Stand refurbished to its former state. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the Cases were made in Birmingham then assembled and loaded at the Abbey Wood Factory, next to Woolwich Arsenal. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. List of sites of Royal Ordnance Factories. For any other comments, please Contact Us. Spennymoor, Following experimentation to increase the effectiveness of the ball cartridge the British Government adopted a 215 grain cupro-nickle jacketed hollow pointed bullet in 1897 as the Cartridge S.A. Ball .303 inch Cordite Mark III. 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