1940 German H.E. 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. Royal Ordnance Factories were for explosives manufacture, filling of munitions and engineering. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. do not work properly without it enabled. 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. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. Demolition of High Street Railway Bridge. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. New Pavilions constructed at Jubilee Park. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. 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 . 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. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. 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. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and A further reorganisation and expansion followed in 1889 when George Kynoch was ousted from the management and this then culminated in a further change of title to Kynoch Ltd in 1897. The comparative isolation of its moorland situation ended too with the opening of a branch railway from the mainline at Ferryhill in 1876. The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased in 1811 and operations commenced in 1816; the work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred there in 1818. . Slightly before that, in the 1860s, a rather advanced area of working-class housing had been erected at Tudhoe Grange built by Marmaduke Salvin to house local workers. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. Initially ICI Ltd were to have operated this plant but they were advised in 1940 of the change in plans and the factory was run as a Royal Ordnance Factory by the Ministry of Supply. The propellant interests being concentrated mainly at Ardeer within the Nobel Division of ICI. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. manufacturing in Britain. ROF Blackburn. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. 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. Download. Set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. 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. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. Butchers Race, one of the Five Lanes which meet at Tudhoe Crossroads, was so named after this foray. SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. We had evacuees in Spennymoor, these were from Gateshead and people were given 8/- a week to keep them in food, which today is 40p! http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/material/569/, 1837 Spennymoors firstRailway Station built, 1839 Shaft sunk at Whitworth Park Colliery, 1841- Spennymoor National School (Dysons) opened. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. .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 Tudhoe football field created. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. When cap annulus colours were first introduced in 1918 the Ball Mk VIIz had the annulus coloured black while the Ball Mk VII had the entire cap area coloured purple. Maintained by Sapere Software. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . 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. 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. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. RA Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, NORWAY. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. 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. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. 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. BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. 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. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. 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. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. A A On cartridges c 1917 indicated a Pomeroy explosive incendiary Mk 2 bullet, C on early pre 1912 cartridges denoted a Cordite propellant charge, K On cartridges c 1918 indicated a Brock explosive incendiary bullet, Z indicated a nitro-cellulose propellant charge in the cartridge. Initial Radway Green production used a single arrow as the headstamp code and this was replaced in 1942 by the RG code. Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. 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.; Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. More workers came from Wales and Lancashire with the opening of the mine at Page Bank (ten lives were lost in a pit fire here in 1858), and with the sinking of a new pit at Tudhoe in the 1880s. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. C.E. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop Engineering ROF. 01388 815276 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. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. 1964 Black and decker open factory at Green Lane. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. In addition to colour coding, British and Commonwealth .303 ammunition had a letter code pre 1955 to denote the type of bullet as well as the type of propellant charge. 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. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. V.E.Day. 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. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. 102.56 KB. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. These houses were, unusually, semi-detached and arranged in a chequerboard layout, very much in contrast to the dreary terraces that were then the standard. ETHIOPA is known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1959, FINLAND is known to have produced .303 inch cartridges in various loadings including Armour Piercing, Ball, Incendiary, Tracer and Drill rounds, FRANCE manufactured several variants of the .303 cartridge, including: Ball, Tracer, Armour piercing, Armour piercing / Tracer and Incendiary rounds, IRAQ is known to have produced .303 Ball cartridges, ISRAEL is known to have manufactured .303 ball cartridges at the Government Arsenal, Tel Aviv, Israel. Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: DC Defence Industries, Brownsburgh, Quebec, CANADA. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. 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. Call Us: 01388 815276 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. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. Mr Hosie who was chauffeur for ROF at the time was our driver. 8). The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. High Street, This story has been placed in the following categories. 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. Coloured bands on the cartridge case are not common but the following have been used: One inch blue band Reduced charge ball to simulate stoppages in Vickers aircraft guns. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. The last .303 ball cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 1973 were loaded with nitro-cellulose powder and not cordite, cordite having last been used for the .303 cartridge in the 1960s. Solid Case, .303inch. 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. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. 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. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. 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. They had a filling factory at Abbey Wood and later during the 1939-45 war a filling factory at Farnham. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. 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