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. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . Even before the big coal strike of 1926 the collieries had begun to close. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. Lost in the Blackout. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. WWI Massive increase in production. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. 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. 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. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. 39 and 40. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56 M917 ball ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, AF Small Arms Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. 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. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Providing . The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 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. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. Population rises to 19,560. 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. C.E. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). 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. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. 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. Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 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. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. The arms factory was closed in 1987. The factory at Bishopton was responsible for producing explosives and propellants from the First World War and continued to supply the Army and Royal Air Force until production ceased in 2002. 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. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges for export. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. Cases were supplied by MJ, Ball Mk 7 (loaded into cases with BVI head stamp). Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard 8; . 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. Mr. Leslie. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 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 . This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . Find out how you can use this. The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. people who designed and built them. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 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. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. The arms factory was closed in 1987. In the next few years only between one and four houses were built in any year and in 1929 the housing situation was still reported as acute which, from the recorded facts, seems self-evident. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. 2. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. Penny Rate Product 18,500. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. 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. 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. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. 21. The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . 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. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the 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. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. 1964 Black and decker open factory at Green Lane. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. however, William allowed some of the previous owners to retain their lands, and one of these was Whittleworth now Whitworth whose first known proprietor was Thomas de Acle who held it in 1183. 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. British military contracts 1914 1917, Ball, Mk 7Z (Canadian Pattern). In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. 1939 Outbreak of World War II. 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. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. The later Mark 6 and 7 incendiary rounds could also be used in this role if required. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. The Dene is landscaped. Even by 1938 the situation had improved little. By this time we were given mugs of tea and corned beef sarnies. The first coal from Merrington Colliery was brought up in 1841; a pit with a chequered career which only prospered under the partnership of L.M Reay and R.S. A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. To see the 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 ). By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. .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 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. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. 1940 1949. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. Its head office is at Glascoed. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. The new St. Charles School opened. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. Royal Ordnance Factory. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. 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. The It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. 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