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Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. 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. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. 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 BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. 1887 Renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. ROF Featherstone; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. 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]. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. 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. It initially had a small boxer type primer and was officially designated Cartridge, S.A., Ball, Magazine Rifle, Mark 1.C. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. There is, however, space for expansion and land is available on the Green Lane Industrial Estate. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. 17. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". 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. 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. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. After the war in 1918 Kynoch Ltd, in common with most other British small arms ammunition manufacturers, was merged into Explosives Trades Ltd, later to become Nobel Industries. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. 01388 815276 They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. 1971 New sewage plant built at Tudhoe Mill. 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. It was involved in the production of .303 cartridges in only a very limited way and is known to have manufactured these cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (in cases dated 1943 and 1944). 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. 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. public. 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. This was confirmed by experience gained in the Chitral and Tirah expeditions of 1897/98 on the North West Frontier of India where the round nose ball round compared poorly against the .303 inch Dum Dum rounds specially issued in 1897. Call Us: 01388 815276 5. text of this web site is available under the Creative Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. During the period ending with the 1914-18 war Kynoch, which by then was the largest of the British commercial ammunition manufacturers, owned rolling mills at Witton; at Lodge Road, Birmingham and at Eyre Street, Birmingham. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. 3. Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Page Bank colliery opened. 1887 Report by Lord Morley's committee into the Manufacturing Departments of the Army, which consisted of 4 establishments: Woolwich, Waltham Abbey, Enfield and Birmingham; the committee made a number of recommendations for reorganisation, having taken account of modern industrial practices[4]. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. ( A standing for Armscore ). Quite a few of these men must have been miners, as at that time coale pits were being worked at Whitworth, Byers Green and Fernhill. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. This company was formed in 1890 at Kings Norton, it owned its own rolling mills and had a loading plant at Abbey wood in Kent. King Street Council School built. Up to 1800 the moor remained largely barren and the few roads across it were dangerous. 8 ROF Birtley. 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. bombs fall on Tudhoe. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. 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. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. 8; . This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. 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. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. Download. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Town Hall, 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. 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 ). 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. 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. 8 ROF Beech Hill, Wigan ROF Birtley. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. The last .303 ball cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 1973 were loaded with nitro-cellulose powder and not cordite, cordite having last been used for the .303 cartridge in the 1960s. 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. WWI Massive increase in production. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. 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. 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. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: DC Defence Industries, Brownsburgh, Quebec, CANADA. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. The headstamp code B denoting the manufacturer should not be confused with B as in BVIIZ which indicates incendiary ammunition. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). Royal Ordnance Factory. 1976 750,000 Spennymoor Recreation Centre opened. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. 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. Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. 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. During WW1 Greenwood & Batley are known to have produced in excess of 705 million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. 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. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 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. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. 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. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 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. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. 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. The coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. 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). Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. At various times it had propellant factories at Arklow, County Durham, making cordite; at Warsboro Dale, Yorkshire, making blackpowder and at Kynochtown, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, making smokeless powder. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GKB or K George Kynoch, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Royal Ordnance Factory. 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. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 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. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. 2. Nevertheless, the situation remained bad and there were still far too many damp, badly lit and ventilated houses opening onto small paved yards or back streets. 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. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. 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. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 581.38 KB. 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. DL16 6DG. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Royal Ordnance Factory. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. Providing . Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. County Durham, 1889 William Anderson was appointed Director General of Ordnance Factories, responsible for the ordnance factories, laboratory, carriage department and gun factory at Woolwich Arsenal, the small-arms factories at Enfield and Birmingham, and the gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey. 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). The .303 British Service cartridge, commonly known as the .303 or .303 British was adopted by Britain along with the Lee Metford Rifle in 1889. 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. 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. This factory manufactured cartridges for use by the British Army in India as well as the Indian Army. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). 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. Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. 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. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). This page has been archived and is no longer updated. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). 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. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. Temple, Collectors Cartridge Catalogue No 29 by Conjay Arms Company Ltd, Whitneys Heritage, A Study of Cartridges Manufactured by The Colonial Ammunition Company in New Zealand. Initial Radway Green production used a single arrow as the headstamp code and this was replaced in 1942 by the RG code. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. 1934 Prince of Wales visits the Town for a second time. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 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. referenced. Town Centre redeveloped. Spennymoor is known to have produced .303 cartridges such as Ball Mk 7 and 8Z, Blank L Mk 5, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B . Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. Solid Case, .303inch. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. c 1948. 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. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. Penny Rate Product 239. The Rise of Industry 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. 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. D, DF, N or S Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, INDIA. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. 22. 39 and 40. 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. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). 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. 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. 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. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Monogram in use 1941 1945. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. The new St. Charles School opened. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, B Mk 4,B Mk 4. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, H Mk 7Z, M11 and M12, FNM Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Legeiras, Moscavide, PORTUGAL. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. As is to be expected, the moor itself offers little of historical interest but it is linked with the records of Kirk Merrington, Whitworth Old Park, Binchester, Byers Green and Tudhoe, all of which form a part of the early days of Spennymoor. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. 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. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop Engineering ROF. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. Download. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. Kirk Merrington football field refurbished. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. 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. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. 21. To see the 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. Brighter Days The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . We had evacuees in Spennymoor, these were from Gateshead and people were given 8/- a week to keep them in food, which today is 40p! 1940 German H.E. 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. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. Explosive bullets were not produced in the UK after about 1933 due to the relatively small amount of explosive that could be contained in the bullet limiting their effectiveness, their role being successfully fulfilled by the use of Mark 6 and 7 incendiary bullets which were also of a less complicated construction. 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