Former Essoldo/Tivoli cinema building destroyed by fire. Download. Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges 1923. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. 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. 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. We were introduced to several top men who told us our visit had been delayed due to various reasons, because of raids and moonlight. 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. 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. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. 1971 New sewage plant built at Tudhoe Mill. Initially ICI Ltd were to have operated this plant but they were advised in 1940 of the change in plans and the factory was run as a Royal Ordnance Factory by the Ministry of Supply. 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. 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considered however to be in contravention of the St Petersburg Declaration and the Hague Convention, in 1903 they were withdrawn from active service and were afterwards to be used solely for target practice.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 manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. Population 22,000. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. 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. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. 1987 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. 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. The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. 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 last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. 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. 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 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 ). Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. International Bowls Championships held in Town. 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. 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. My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . Monogram in use 1941 1945. 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). POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. On 2 January the majority were vested in the UK Government-owned company Royal Ordnance Plc together with 3 Agency-operated Factories, the Waltham Abbey south site and the Royal Small Arms Factory. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). 22. Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. This firm was first formed by George Kynoch at Witton in 1862 as a manufacturer of percussion caps. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. Floral waistcoats and ribboned hats were worn on these highly colourful occasions. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. 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. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. By this time we were given mugs of tea and corned beef sarnies. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. 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. 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. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. 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. 1867 The Black Horse public house built in Tudhoe. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. .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 This story has been placed in the following categories. Population 16,369. 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. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. manufacturing in Britain. A National School was built and opened in 1841; St.Pauls Church was built at Spennymoor in 1858 and all through these formative years the Non-conformist churches combined welfare work with prayer. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. Hornady Hornady have manufactured their Custom brand of nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ammunition in the following sporting cartridges: 150 gr Spire Point Soft nosed sporting cartridge, 174 gr Round Soft nosed sporting cartridge. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, RR or RRCO Ross Rifle Co, Montreal, CANADA. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: K4 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. The arms factory was closed in 1987. 10. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. 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. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. Royal Ordnance Factory. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. 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. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. 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. 39 and 40. This cartridge is interchangeable with the .303 British cartridge. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. In 1926 when Nobel Industries became part of the new Imperial Chemical Industries, the old Kynoch factory at Witton was retained as the ammunition centre as part of the Metal Group within ICI. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. All these villages had common rights on the moor but, as it became denuded by increasing flocks, some of the local people were induced to relinquish their rights and so, gradually, the common became the property of just one owner Merrington Priory. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. The new St. Charles School opened. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 8). DL16 6DG. Servicesheld in Town Hall. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. EGYPT is known to have produced .303 ball ammunition at the Government Arsenal Shoubra, United Arab Republic and Factory No 10 at Alexandria, Egypt. 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 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. 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. people who designed and built them. MKEMakina ve Kimya Endustrisi, Kuruma, TURKEY. 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. 102.56 KB. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges for export. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. 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. During WW1 Greenwood & Batley are known to have produced in excess of 705 million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. 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. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. 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 . Policy. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. 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. 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. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. 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. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. 1897 Kenmirs furniture factory opens in Silver Street. 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 powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. V.J.Day. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. Penny Rate Product 18,500. 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. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. text of this web site is available under the Creative This web publication contains 147,919 pages of Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Call Us: 01388 815276 Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). 581.38 KB. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. 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. Known to have manufactured Black powder Ball Mk 2 .303 cartridges from 1891 1896. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. 1941 Royal Ordnance Factory opens. The Badcock Armoury closed. These should not be confused with the manufacturers identification code. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. 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