CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 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. people who designed and built them. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. 11. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. 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. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. 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. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. In WWI the Ministry of Munitions took over responsibility for manufacture of explosives (see H. M. Explosive Factories) and for filling of munitions (see National Filling Factories and National Projectile Factories, etc). 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. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. The town of Spennymoor, and the villages of Byers Green, Kirk Merrington and Tudhoe, are in the North East of England, situated on high land above the south side of the Wear Valley between the City of Durham and Bishop Auckland. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the Used the monogram 1942 to 1943. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. 1818 The work of the Lewisham establishment was transferred to Enfield. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. By 1935 the first 66 Council houses had been built, and a year later the first 106 North Eastern Housing Association houses were erected on the Racecourse Estate site. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. 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%. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. Royal Ordnance Factory. The main factor was the opening in 1941 of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Merrington Lane and since then this estate has provided a constant source of alternative employment to the coal industry. 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. 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). This cartridge is interchangeable with the .303 British cartridge. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. 1945 World War II ended. I remember Lord Haw Haw on radio speaking from Germany calling. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. manufacturing in Britain. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. Download. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . Originally colour markings arose from the need to make a quick visual check of the arrangements in a machine gun belt and they are now almost universally applied. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. 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 company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. High Street, In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. 2. Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. 581.38 KB. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. 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. Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. My Father worked at the factory. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose filled .303 cartridges in: 174 gr Full jacket boat tail bulleted ammunition, 150 and 174 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. 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. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. To see the Production gap from Jan 1921 to March 1921 after the factory was leased to the Government Known to have produced during 1920-21 the .303 cartridges in: CP Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM, although filling took place at Doncaster (see below). On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. 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. 20. Cost 87,000. 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. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. Find out how you can use this. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. Amongst the many hundreds of guns produced during his administration, which were at least 50% more powerful than the guns they superseded, not a single failure or accident of any kind occurred. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. El Alamein. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. World War II had diverse effects upon the town. Page Bank colliery opened. Edward lll was otherwise engaged at Crecy in France at the time, but his Queen, Phillipa, with the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Durham, Lincoln and Carlisle, and the Lords Neville and Percy and others marched North, and with an array of 16,000 men, moved along the ridge from Auckland to Merrington. 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. Town Hall refurbished. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. These houses were, unusually, semi-detached and arranged in a chequerboard layout, very much in contrast to the dreary terraces that were then the standard. 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. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. 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. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. do not work properly without it enabled. 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. 8 ROF Beech Hill, Wigan ROF Birtley. BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. Troubled Years Brighter Days 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z. 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. 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. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. SMI Societa Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, ITALY. Penny Rate Product 303. those of the BBC. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 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. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. 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 manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). 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. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. 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. 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