Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. 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. Royal Ordnance Factories were for explosives manufacture, filling of munitions and engineering. In addition to the .303 cartridges manufactured for Egypt this company also manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 round and are known to have been produced in: Incendiary Armour Piercing with Thermite filling, Incendiary Armour Piercing with Phosphorus filling, C.. Pirotecnico di Capua, ITALY. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. The following .303 cartridges are known to have been produced since 1889: Armour Piercing Mks VII.S, VII.P, VII.PZ, VII.W, VII.WZ, W Mk 1, Ball, Cordite Mks 1, 2, 2*, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mks 7z, 8z & 7z RC ( reduced charge ), Ball, Short Range Practice, Cordite Mks 1,2,3 and 4, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite Mks 1 and 2, Cartridge Discharger, Blackpowder E Mk 1T, Drill D Mk 6, D Mk 6*, D Mk 7, D Mk 8 and D Mk 9, Explosive R Mk 1, R Mk 2, R Mk 3, and R Mk 3*. 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. 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. 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. 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 . The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. 1940 1949. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. Its head office is at Glascoed. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. Population rises to 19,560. 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. Since the introduction of the .303 cartridge in 1889 it has been manufactured in at least 20 countries and in nearly 200 military variants as well as in numerous experimental and sporting cartridge configurations. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. 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. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the
These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). Spennymoor, Mon - Thurs 8:45 - 17:00, Fri 8:45 - 16:30 Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. It may be of some interest to learn that during the First World War more than 7,000 million Mk 7 ball cartridges were produced by British factories alone. 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. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. 1906 Police Station opens. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. As he was being transferred from Italy to Germany he escaped by jumping from the train and for this among many other things he received the Military Medal. 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. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. 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. Low Spennymoor houses cleared. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. MKEMakina ve Kimya Endustrisi, Kuruma, TURKEY. Spennymoor was ringed with collieries, black furnaces and coke ovens and the new prosperity showed itself in the building of better houses and in the opening of Co-operative stores. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. people who designed and built them. High Street, Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 8Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z, G Mk 6Z ( Canadian Pattern ). ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). 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. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. 1940 German H.E. 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. people who designed and built them. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. 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. 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. referenced. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. 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. 1976 750,000 Spennymoor Recreation Centre opened. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. 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. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. 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 Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: W or WRA Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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 ). 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. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. Download. One evening, in December 1940, when I . BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. Wesleyan Church opened. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. 1951 Population 19,740. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges for export. 8 ROF Beech Hill, Wigan ROF Birtley. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. The Norman Conquest meant little to the border folk initially, for they had lived with the constant threat of massacre by raiding Picts and Danes, but then Williams soldiers laid waite the county and distributed the Saxon nobles estates among themselves. Town Hall refurbished. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. .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 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. 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. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. County Durham, 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. Even by 1938 the situation had improved little. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Tracer Mk VII.G, G Mk 1, G Mk 2, G Mk 2Z, G Mk 3, Tracer G Mk 3Z, G Mk 4, G Mk 5, G Mk 6, G Mk 6Z, G Mk 7, G Mk 8 and G Mk 8Z, 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, Streamlined Pattern 1936-37 Match Cartridge, Bulleted blanks for Bren, Lewis and Vickers, Experimental armour piercing incendiary (1956). 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. 1897 Kenmirs furniture factory opens in Silver Street. This story has been placed in the following categories. 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. Eley Brothers are known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Explosive Pomeroy Mk 1, PSA Mk 1, PSA (VII.A) MK 1, RL Tracer Mk 1, Tracer SPK Mk VII.T and SPG (VII.G) Mk 1Z. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. 1931 Road Tolls ceased at Page Bank Bridge. 8; . Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 1945 World War II ended. Steve 11-03-2014, 06:29 PM #3 lithoman Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. El Alamein. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Cases were made in Birmingham then assembled and loaded at the Abbey Wood Factory, next to Woolwich Arsenal. PMP Pretoria Metal Pressings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mk 7. 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. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). 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). It initially had a small boxer type primer and was officially designated Cartridge, S.A., Ball, Magazine Rifle, Mark 1.C. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 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. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. Spennymoor United AFC founded. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. Troubled Years 21. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. In 1968 work commenced on the 1,009 houses here and this allowed the clearance of 500 unfit houses as well as the provision of housing work workers coming to the new factories. 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. 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. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). 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. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. 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. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. Servicesheld in Town Hall. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. Penny Rate Product 23,000. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. Penny Rate Product 18,500. 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. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. 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. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. 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. We were then introduced to a number of Canadian boys. 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. 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). Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . 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). There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. The Badcock Armoury closed. The comparative isolation of its moorland situation ended too with the opening of a branch railway from the mainline at Ferryhill in 1876. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. Even before the big coal strike of 1926 the collieries had begun to close. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. 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. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. manufacturing in Britain. 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.; .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 SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. 581.38 KB. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: F or AF or SAAF Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Spennymoor Town Council, Royal Ordnance Factory. The Mark VI round was introduced in 1904 with a 215 grain jacketed round nosed bullet similar to the Mark II bullet but with a thinner jacket. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. 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