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On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. Mr Hosie who was chauffeur for ROF at the time was our driver. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. 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. 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. The three historic state-controlled munitions factories at Woolwich, Enfield, and Waltham Abbey were taken over as National Factories were controlled by the Army Board at the outbreak of the war, under the Master General of the Ordnance. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. DAL or LAC Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, CANADA. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. Tudhoe football field created. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. Quarter inch green band Canadian made tracer, Wide green band at equator of case Canadian made Match Ball (1922), Six purple bands around equator of case Canadian Match Ball (1926), Ball round with case blackened quarter inch back from the mouth Short Range Practice Mk 1 (1895 1897), or Mk 2 (1899 1912), Case completely blackened with brass dummy bullet Blank with mock bullet Mk 6, Blank case all black Rifle grenade blank Mk 2, Blank, front half black Rifle Grenade, Ballistite, Blank, front and rear thirds black Rifle grenade Mk 4 for Grenade No 85, Blank, rear half black Rifle grenade blank Mk 7z or Smoke discharger Mk 1T, Ball, reddened case Proof round Mks 1 to 3. public. 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. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. 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. A fourth royal factory, the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough was also taken over by the Ministry in 1916. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. Monogram in use 1941 1945. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. Proof, Cordite Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Q Mk 3, Q Mk 4 and Q Mk 5, Tracer SPG(VII.G) Mk 1 and SPG(VII.G) Mk1Z, Tracer G Mk 1, G Mk 1 Special, G Mk 2, G Mk 3 and G Mk 4, Experimental steel anti fouling bulleted rounds, Experimental Armour Piercing Tracer (1917-18), Experimental Explosive, RTS and RTT Cartridges, Experimental Grenade Launching Cartridges. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. 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. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. 1939 Outbreak of World War II. V.J.Day. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. 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. 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. 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]. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). The later Mark 6 and 7 incendiary rounds could also be used in this role if required. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Demolition of High Street Railway Bridge. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Into the 20th Century 2. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. 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. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. There is, however, space for expansion and land is available on the Green Lane Industrial Estate. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. 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. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. Mon - Thurs 8:45 - 17:00, Fri 8:45 - 16:30 1976 750,000 Spennymoor Recreation Centre opened. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. 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. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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 ). 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. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. DA Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, CANADA. ( A standing for Armscore ). 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. those of the BBC. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. 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. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. . Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 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. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. 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. 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. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . Royal Ordnance Factory. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. Download. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. World War II had diverse effects upon the town. Lost in the Blackout. Its head office is at Glascoed. DC Dominion Cartridge Company which later became the Dominion Ammunition Division of Canadian Industries Ltd. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. Page Bank colliery opened. 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. Even by 1938 the situation had improved little. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. Whitworth Hall severely damaged by fire. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. 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). .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z. 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. King Street Council School built. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. RG Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. Eley Brothers are known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Explosive Pomeroy Mk 1, PSA Mk 1, PSA (VII.A) MK 1, RL Tracer Mk 1, Tracer SPK Mk VII.T and SPG (VII.G) Mk 1Z. British military contracts 1914 1917, Ball, Mk 7Z (Canadian Pattern). .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 I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Cases were supplied by MJ, Ball Mk 7 (loaded into cases with BVI head stamp). Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. 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. 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. Used the monogram 1942 to 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. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. This story has been placed in the following categories. 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. 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. Spennymoor, 1964 Black and decker open factory at Green Lane. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 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. The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. There was no production of .303 ammunition in 1961. Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. 1934 to 1939 Many new Royal Ordnance Factories were built to enhance the capacity of the Royal Arsenal, Royal Gunpowder Factory and the Royal Small Arms Factory which, being close to London, were susceptible to being bombed[6]. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). 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. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: RA Remington Arms Co.,Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. 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. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. Find out how you can use this. 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). MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. The Dene is landscaped. 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. Providing . He was in a parachute regiment when Italy capitulated. Population 22,000. 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. 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