A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. 1931 Pilgrim Trust founds the Settlement. Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, B Mk 4,B Mk 4. The Dene is landscaped. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. 3. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. 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. These soft nosed and hollow pointed bullets were considered however to be in contravention of the St Petersburg Declaration and the Hague Convention, in 1903 they were withdrawn from active service and were afterwards to be used solely for target practice. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. Download. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. El Alamein. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. Low Spennymoor houses cleared. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. The town was founded over 160 years ago. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. text of this web site is available under the Creative 11. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 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. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . DL16 6DG. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. The Badcock Armoury closed. Into the 20th Century DAL or LAC Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, CANADA. The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. 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. 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. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 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). Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. 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. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. The town of Spennymoor, and the villages of Byers Green, Kirk Merrington and Tudhoe, are in the North East of England, situated on high land above the south side of the Wear Valley between the City of Durham and Bishop Auckland. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 1906 Police Station opens. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. A strike, which lasted 13 weeks, paralysed the area in 1892, although out of the enforced idleness came foundations of new growth, for the machinery at the Tudhoe Iron works was then renovated and a new mill laid down. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. The coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. In 1420 the Manor of Whitworth and much of the other land in the vicinity, from Raby to Brancepeth, and including Old Park, Byers Green, Newfield and Tudhoe, became Neville property, and the Earl of Westmorland (a Neville) was granted a licence from Bishop Langley to impark 40 acres at Whitworth, and so began the Whitworth park of today. Steve 11-03-2014, 06:29 PM #3 lithoman CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. 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. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. SMI Societa Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, ITALY. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. They factories employed 300,000 people and were responsible for producing two-thirds of guns made in the UK and a similar proportion of the ammunition[7]. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: NORMA or norma Norma Projectilfabrik, Amotfors, SWEDEN. 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 following sections attempt to identify the manufacturers of the .303 cartridge and whilst it is acknowledged that this may not a complete listing I hope it will give some insight into this historically important cartridge. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. 8 ROF Birtley. 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. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. 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. 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. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. 1867 The Black Horse public house built in Tudhoe. 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. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. Mr. Leslie. List of sites of Royal Ordnance Factories. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. The round nose bullet form of the Black Powder Mark 1 and 2 and of the Cordite Mark 1 and 2 were felt by many servicemen to have less man stopping effect than the old lead .45 inch Martini bullet, the predecessor in service of the .303 cartridge. On the one hand it brought housing efforts almost to a standstill, but on the industry front it saw the resurgence of Spennymoor as a major centre. 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 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 . V.E.Day. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. The production of these raw materials at Coulsons engineering works, Kenmirs furniture factory and newly-opened brickworks at Todhills were the main, if limited, sources of employment.Unemployment was over 33%. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. There is, however, space for expansion and land is available on the Green Lane Industrial 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. 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. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: Production gap from Jan 1921 to March 1921 after the factory was leased to the Government Known to have produced during 1920-21 the .303 cartridges in: CP Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM, although filling took place at Doncaster (see below). 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*. 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. 1971 New sewage plant built at Tudhoe Mill. My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. Penny Rate Product 303. Spennymoor Settlement, opened in 1931 with a grant from the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to support the unemployed by encouraging : Tolerant neighbourliness and voluntary social service and {giving} its members opportunities for increasing their knowledge, widening their interests and cultivating their creative powers in a friendly atmosphere. 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. 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. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. There was no production of .303 ammunition in 1961. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. 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. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. 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). Spennymoor Health Centre opened. R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, UNITED KINGDOM. .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 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. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the 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. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. 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. . The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. 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. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. Providing . 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. Royal Ordnance Factory. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. For any other comments, please Contact Us. The new St. Charles School opened. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. V.J.Day. 2. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. 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. 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. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. The coal mining at Whitworth and a small foundry at Merrington Lane were the earliest industries, but in 1853 the Weardale Iron and Coal Company opened its great ironworks at Tudhoe. King Street Council School built. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. Despite the high levels of unemployment, the housing situation at last took an upturn in the 1930s when the Urban District Council began to use its wider powers to take action on unfit houses. 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. JAPAN is known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Army Year Type 89 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, without any headstamp codes in: JAPAN is also known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, at their Aichi Naval Arsenal, Toyokawa Naval Arsenal and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in the following configurations, SPAIN manufactured .303 ammunition and used it on a limited scale during and after the Civil War of 1936 39. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites bombs fall on Tudhoe. WWI Massive increase in production. Wesleyan Church opened. Object details Category Weapons and ammunition Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (association) Creator Royal Ordnance Factory Spennymoor (GB & Durham) Production date To see the New Pavilions constructed at Jubilee Park. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. We were then introduced to a number of Canadian boys. 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. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. public. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. 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. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. World War II had diverse effects upon the town. 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. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. 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. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. 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. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. Town Hall, The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. 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