Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1, W Mk 1 Special and W Mk 1Z, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 2, H Mk 4 and H Mk 4Z, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B Mk 7 and B Mk 7Z. Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Known to have produced .303 cartridges up to 1919 in: L There is some confusion over this headstamp code as both Lorenz Ammunition and Ordnance Co, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM and Ludlow and Co, Wolverhampton, Staffs, UNITED KINGDOM are believed to have used a L as their code and both manufactured .303 cartridges between 1887 and 1890. This round had a nitro-cellulose powder charge with a 175 grain boat tailed, streamline, jacketed bullet having a muzzle velocity of 2550 feet per second. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of Royal Ordnance Factories created at the start of the Second World War . I was an Air Raid Warden which meant seeing my workmates into the air raid shelter safely and staying with them until the air raid was over after the all clear siren. The arms factory was closed in 1987. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. It was intended as a training aid only, for the observation of long range shooting where accuracy of fire was not always easily defined, even if tracer ammunition was used. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. 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. The main factor was the opening in 1941 of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Merrington Lane and since then this estate has provided a constant source of alternative employment to the coal industry. Download. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Temple, Collectors Cartridge Catalogue No 29 by Conjay Arms Company Ltd, Whitneys Heritage, A Study of Cartridges Manufactured by The Colonial Ammunition Company in New Zealand. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. 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. DC Dominion Cartridge Company which later became the Dominion Ammunition Division of Canadian Industries Ltd. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Short Range Practice ( New Zealand Pattern), 215 gr RNSP, 180 gr PSP, 180 gr HP, 174 gr PSP, 150 gr PSP, 130 gr PSP and 150 gr HP Sporting Ammunition, Mks 4 and 5 Big Game Exploder Sporting Ammunition. 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 mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. The Dene is landscaped. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. 1931 Road Tolls ceased at Page Bank Bridge. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 130gr, 150gr, 180gr and 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, OFN Government Ordinance Factory, Lagos, NIGERIA. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. Factory in operation 1828 1919. Lost in the Blackout. We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). Spennymoor Town Council, Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. Royal Ordnance Factory. 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. Monogram in use 1941 1945. A National School was built and opened in 1841; St.Pauls Church was built at Spennymoor in 1858 and all through these formative years the Non-conformist churches combined welfare work with prayer. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. A fourth royal factory, the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough was also taken over by the Ministry in 1916. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). The effect of the closure was relieved by the sinking of the Dean and Chapter colliery in 1904, but the reliance on this one basic industry was to persist until the 1960s. 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. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . 1942 There were 42 Royal Ordnance factories at this time, of which 24 were engineering, 8 made explosives, and 10 were engaged in filling ordnance (these numbers seem to have been confused by the MP reporting these statistics). do not work properly without it enabled. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. 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. Later, Binchester became one of the vills of the Earl of Northumberland who held it until 1420 when it passed to the Nevilles who finally forfeited it with other lands in 1569. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. For any other comments, please Contact Us. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. Cases were supplied by MJ, Ball Mk 7 (loaded into cases with BVI head stamp). This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. It was involved in the production of .303 cartridges in only a very limited way and is known to have manufactured these cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (in cases dated 1943 and 1944). In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. 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. Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. The USA had also produced the .303 Pattern 1914, also known as the Rifle No 3 Mk 1 or 1*, for the British Government during the First World War. This factory manufactured cartridges for use by the British Army in India as well as the Indian Army. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. Population 22,000. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. 11. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. The following types of .303 cartridges are known to have been produced during the period 1897 to 1919: Armour Piercing Mks VII.P, VII.W and VII.W.Z, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1. Although these days of rapid industrialisation and rapid growth of population were days of ignorance and squalor, they also saw the 19th century drive for education and religion. 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. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. Some of the largest horse-race meetings in the North took place on the moor, and miners and their families attended in all their holiday splendour. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . 1886 The Sparkbrook factory of the National Arms and Ammunition Co was sold to the government[2] in order to secure the production of small arms. 1906 Police Station opens. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 1889 William Anderson was appointed Director General of Ordnance Factories, responsible for the ordnance factories, laboratory, carriage department and gun factory at Woolwich Arsenal, the small-arms factories at Enfield and Birmingham, and the gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey. 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. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. Penny Rate Product 23,000. Its head office is at Glascoed. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. 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]. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Kings Norton Metal Co. Production of .303 cartridges did not start until late 1918 and the production of all ammunition finally ceased in early 1919. Although coal-mining continued and the ironworks and engineering businesses were also providing employment, the start of the 20th century saw the start, too, of a long period of depression. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. This was confirmed by experience gained in the Chitral and Tirah expeditions of 1897/98 on the North West Frontier of India where the round nose ball round compared poorly against the .303 inch Dum Dum rounds specially issued in 1897. 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. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. Maintained by Sapere Software. bombs fall on Tudhoe. The company was formed in the early 1890s having acquired the Holford Works of the National Arms and Ammunition Company and was in existence for only a short time. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. 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. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. Up to 1800 the moor remained largely barren and the few roads across it were dangerous. Nobel Industries in turn was to become part of the new giant Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd when it was formed in 1926. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. Spennymoor United AFC founded. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: RA Remington Arms Co.,Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The 800 house estate at Greenways and the 300 house estate at Tudhoe Grange were started, although it was not until the industrial prosperity of the 1970s that private house building reached 100 a year. Download. Production of the .303 cartridge commenced in 1940 and the last known production of this cartridge was in 1973 with Mk 7Z Ball and Dummy Drill cartridges. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. Page Bank colliery opened. 5. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop Engineering ROF. Custom was when the boys used these parachutes successfully it was usual for them to send a letter of thanks and a present to whoever had packed the parachute as the girls would have their name and address inside the package. 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. ROF Featherstone; Filling Factory No. Cordite consisted of 58% Nitro-glycerine, 37% Nitro-cellulose and 5% Mineral Jelly and was normally pressed into cord form but tubular, tape, flaked and sliced cordite were also used. c 1948. Although the factory was completed in 1816, it was not until the 1850s that it was in a position to produce large enough quantities of weapons to service the British military after mechanised machinery from the US was installed. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. 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. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. It is impossible to walk between the rows of cottages without being convinced that the surface of the ground is to a large extent composed of the overflowing contents of these midden boxes. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. Low Spennymoor houses cleared. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. 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. 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. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. The Badcock Armoury closed. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. 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 .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. The moor itself comes into the record in 1615 as the result of a general muster on the moor of all men able to bear arms within the bishopric, between the ages of 15 and 60; the gathering amounted to 8,320 (Fordyce). Penny Rate Product 18,500. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. C.E. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 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. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . 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