3. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. El Alamein. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 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. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. Spennymoor Settlement, opened in 1931 with a grant from the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to support the unemployed by encouraging : Tolerant neighbourliness and voluntary social service and {giving} its members opportunities for increasing their knowledge, widening their interests and cultivating their creative powers in a friendly atmosphere. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, 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. RA Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, NORWAY. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z. those of the BBC. 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. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. 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. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. Mr Hosie who was chauffeur for ROF at the time was our driver. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. Population 19,073. 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. The following .303 cartridges are known to have been produced since 1889: Armour Piercing Mks VII.S, VII.P, VII.PZ, VII.W, VII.WZ, W Mk 1, Ball, Cordite Mks 1, 2, 2*, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mks 7z, 8z & 7z RC ( reduced charge ), Ball, Short Range Practice, Cordite Mks 1,2,3 and 4, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite Mks 1 and 2, Cartridge Discharger, Blackpowder E Mk 1T, Drill D Mk 6, D Mk 6*, D Mk 7, D Mk 8 and D Mk 9, Explosive R Mk 1, R Mk 2, R Mk 3, and R Mk 3*. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. 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. ROF Blackburn. Cordite was used as a propellant from 1891 and the first adopted cordite cartridge, the Cartridge S.A. Ball, Magazine Rifle Cordite Mark 1, had a 215 grain round nosed cupro-nickel jacketed bullet giving a muzzle velocity of about 1970 feet per second at a chamber pressure of about 17.5 tons per square inch. 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. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. 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. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. 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. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges 1923. 22. 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. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. 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. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 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. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. ( A standing for Armscore ). Providing . Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. Spennymoor, 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. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 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. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. Despite the high levels of unemployment, the housing situation at last took an upturn in the 1930s when the Urban District Council began to use its wider powers to take action on unfit houses. 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 . This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. 1976 750,000 Spennymoor Recreation Centre opened. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: K4 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. 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. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. DA Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, CANADA. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 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. This company represents the only new commercial ammunition manufacturer put into business by the Government as a result of demand in the 1914- 18 war. 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). One evening, in December 1940, when I . This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. 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. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. 17. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). 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. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. referenced. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. 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. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). ROF Featherstone; Filling Factory No. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. The first coal from Merrington Colliery was brought up in 1841; a pit with a chequered career which only prospered under the partnership of L.M Reay and R.S. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. 11. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. 1906 Birmingham Small Arms Co took over the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook[5]. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. 10. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. This round, as originally adopted, consisted of a 215 grain, round nosed, cupro nickel jacketed bullet in front of 71.5 grains of RFG2 Blackpowder. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. Population 22,000. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. c 1948. This story has been placed in the following categories. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. King Street Council School built. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. Solid Case, .303inch. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. Penny Rate Product 303. 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. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. 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. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. ITALY used both bullet tip and annulus codes, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Phosphorus filled) Blue tip, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Thermite filled) Green tip, UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES BEFORE c 1955,ie Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa used bullet tip and annulus code from about 1918 onwards, Armour Piercing Green tip, Green annulus, Tracer Short Range White tip, Red annulus, Tracer Dark Ignition Grey tip, Red annulus. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. The new St. Charles School opened. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. 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. Town Hall refurbished. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. 8 ROF Birtley. The 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. This producer is now known as Metallwerk Elisenhutte GmbH Nassau. DAL or LAC Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, CANADA. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. 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. 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. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. 1990 Town Council wins Waterlow Trophy for fourth year. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. 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 ). 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. 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. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. 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. The later Mark 6 and 7 incendiary rounds could also be used in this role if required. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. 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 ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. Find out how you can use this. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. Spennymoor United AFC founded. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Although the factory was completed in 1816, it was not until the 1850s that it was in a position to produce large enough quantities of weapons to service the British military after mechanised machinery from the US was installed. The arms factory was closed in 1987. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. 1951 Population 19,740. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. Whitworth Hall severely damaged by fire. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mk 7. 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. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. 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. 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. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. 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. Policy. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. 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. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. 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. The coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. 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