Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 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. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. High Street, 102.56 KB. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). The Woolwich site apart from containing all the supportive facilities for the research, design, development, inspection and testing of ammunition also included an extensive range complex on the Plumpstead Marshes. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. 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. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. This producer is now known as Metallwerk Elisenhutte GmbH Nassau. Kirk Merrington football field refurbished. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 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. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. We were then introduced to a number of Canadian boys. 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. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). King Street Council School built. .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 The small number of factories involved in nuclear weapons production, ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff, did not pass over to Royal Ordnance upon privatisation but were transferred to the control of AWRE. 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. 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. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). 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. The arms factory was closed in 1987. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. The new St. Charles School opened. By this time we were given mugs of tea and corned beef sarnies. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 (identified on headstamp as 7.70) cartridges during 1918 in: Also known to have produced ball rounds in the 1920s and 30s, A VE Atelier de Construction de Valence, FRANCE. 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. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. 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. Used the monogram 1942 to 1943. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. 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. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 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. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. 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. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. 3. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. 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. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. 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. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. 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. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. 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 ). VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. Jackson, in his Place Names of Durham, 1916, suggests a Scandinavian Spaan meaning shingle-hut and Anglo-Saxon combination involving mar Spennymoor being the moor called after the shingle-hut erected thereon. Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. 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 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. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. 2. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. For any other comments, please Contact Us. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. The one good road was maintained by tolls collected at turnpike gates. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Download. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. Low Spennymoor houses cleared. Some military training seems to have been given, doubtless with a view to the then unsettled state of the country due to the growing tension between Parliament and the King. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. 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. 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. R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, UNITED KINGDOM. Servicesheld in Town Hall. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). Town Centre redeveloped. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. 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 . 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. New Pavilions constructed at Jubilee Park. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. 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. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: K4 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. The Badcock Armoury closed. 5. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). 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. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. International Bowls Championships held in Town. This web publication contains 152,494 pages of Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Royal Ordnance Factory. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. C.E. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. Its head office is at Glascoed. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Following experimentation to increase the effectiveness of the ball cartridge the British Government adopted a 215 grain cupro-nickle jacketed hollow pointed bullet in 1897 as the Cartridge S.A. Ball .303 inch Cordite Mark III. Find out how you can use this. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. 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. 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%. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. The Dene is landscaped. Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Kings Norton Metal Co. 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