Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This cupro-nickle jacketed bullet, produced at the Dum Dum ammunition factory in India, had an exposed lead nose which gave rapid expansion on impact and therefore greater wounding effect when it hit a body. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. 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. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. When he was finally attacked and overcome, the church roof was destroyed but the building remained as one of most interesting Norman churches in the county until 1850 when it was almost wholly rebuilt although retaining the form of its predecessor. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. 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considered however to be in contravention of the St Petersburg Declaration and the Hague Convention, in 1903 they were withdrawn from active service and were afterwards to be used solely for target practice. 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. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. people who designed and built them. RG Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. 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. 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. However, as always in industrial life, boom was followed by bust or near bust, and by 1879 miners wages were down to 4s 9d a day and those of ironworkers to a mere 3s a day. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. Former Essoldo/Tivoli cinema building destroyed by fire. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. Lost in the Blackout. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. Town Centre redeveloped. Whitworth Hall severely damaged by fire. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2005 BAe Land Systems Munitions and Ordnance employs about 1650 people at sites including the former RO sites at Birtley, Bishopton, Bridgwater, Chorley, Glascoed, Radway Green and Shrivenham. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. The town was founded over 160 years ago. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. 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. 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. 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. Initial Radway Green production used a single arrow as the headstamp code and this was replaced in 1942 by the RG code. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Used the same annulus colour coding as United Kingdom for ammunition supplied under contract to the British Government during both the First and Second World Wars. From 1918 to 1950 it had its own parliamentary constituency, from 1950 to 1974 it was in the Durham constituency and from 1974 to 1983 in the North West Durham constituency. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. 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.; This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. On top of these economic misfortunes came the terrible explosion at Tudhoe Colliery in 1882 when 37 lives were lost. 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. It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. By Barry W. Gracia, An extensive website on the Vickers machine gun, Harrington Aviation Museum DropZone Newsletter, Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. 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. Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF, Blackburn was part of the Ministry of Defence organisations producing components for the manufacture of armaments and arms related equipment from the late 1930 until after WWII. They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. 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. BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. Steve 11-03-2014, 06:29 PM #3 lithoman Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MS Explosives Factory, Salisbury, AUSTRALIA. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. 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. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. people who designed and built them. manufacturing in Britain. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. 39 and 40. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. Into the 20th Century .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 Population 16,369. This cartridge is interchangeable with the .303 British cartridge. Although these days of rapid industrialisation and rapid growth of population were days of ignorance and squalor, they also saw the 19th century drive for education and religion. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. The Dene is landscaped. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. Tudhoe football field created. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Penny Rate Product 23,000. List of sites of Royal Ordnance Factories. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. The arms factory was closed in 1987. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 299.06 KB. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. 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 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 new St. Charles School opened. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 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. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. To see the Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. 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. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . 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. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. ROF Blackburn. Royal Ordnance Factory. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 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 headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed by the Chancery Court. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. In 1963 changes were indicated and Durham County Council and then then Ministry of Housing and Local Government agreed that Spennymoor should be a new growth point and that town centre redevelopment should take place; that the Tudhoe ironworks site should be reclaimed; that a major highway scheme should be put into hand; that the Royal Ordnance Factory Industrial Estate should be extended and that the Green Lane Industrial Estate should be developed. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. Penny Rate Product 303. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. 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. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. text of this web site is available under the Creative 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. When, in 1894, Spennymoor and its adjacent villages achieved a measure of self government on the Spennymoor Urban District Council, the new authority found itself facing a legacy of poor housing. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and 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. Population 22,000. This story has been placed in the following categories. For any other comments, please Contact Us. 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. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. 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. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. 1906 Birmingham Small Arms Co took over the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook[5]. 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. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. 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 .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. 11. Some of the largest horse-race meetings in the North took place on the moor, and miners and their families attended in all their holiday splendour. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. DL16 6DG. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. 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. In 1962 the Metals Division of ICI was reorganised as a separate company known as Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. During WW1 Kynoch produced in excess of 2,373 million .303 cartridges. 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. 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]. 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%. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. 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. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. SMI Societa Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, ITALY. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. 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 coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). those of the BBC. manufacturing in Britain. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. 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