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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. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 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. He was in a parachute regiment when Italy capitulated. Since the introduction of the .303 cartridge in 1889 it has been manufactured in at least 20 countries and in nearly 200 military variants as well as in numerous experimental and sporting cartridge configurations. 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 produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. 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 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: By the end of 1963 over 1,120 sub-standard houses had been cleared and as many new Council houses built for letting whilst over 400 houses had been improved by grant aid. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. .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 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. Wesleyan Church opened. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. 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. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 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. V.J.Day. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. Lost in the Blackout. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. Royal Ordnance Factory. 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. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. Spennymoor United AFC founded. King Street Council School built. Population 22,000. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Brighter Days HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. 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. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. Population 16,369. A A On cartridges c 1917 indicated a Pomeroy explosive incendiary Mk 2 bullet, C on early pre 1912 cartridges denoted a Cordite propellant charge, K On cartridges c 1918 indicated a Brock explosive incendiary bullet, Z indicated a nitro-cellulose propellant charge in the cartridge. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. 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. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. ( A standing for Armscore ). This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. When, in 1894, Spennymoor and its adjacent villages achieved a measure of self government on the Spennymoor Urban District Council, the new authority found itself facing a legacy of poor housing. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. El Alamein. 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. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 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. 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). Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. 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. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. Penny Rate Product 18,500. The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. 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. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. Royal Ordnance Factories were for explosives manufacture, filling of munitions and engineering. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. 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. 21. 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. 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]. They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. 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. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. . 1945 World War II ended. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. Town Hall refurbished. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. 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 plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. Known to have produced Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: W or WRA Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. WWI Massive increase in production. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. In 1420 the Manor of Whitworth and much of the other land in the vicinity, from Raby to Brancepeth, and including Old Park, Byers Green, Newfield and Tudhoe, became Neville property, and the Earl of Westmorland (a Neville) was granted a licence from Bishop Langley to impark 40 acres at Whitworth, and so began the Whitworth park of today. 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. Call Us: 01388 815276 Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. Whitworth Hall severely damaged by fire. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. 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). Spennymoor Circus and Novely Hippodrome opened. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. 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 . Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. My Father worked at the factory. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. V.E.Day. Mr. Leslie. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). do not work properly without it enabled. Nevertheless, the whole of this countryside was made desolate by Williams soldiers, and for many years it was the haunt of outlaws and wild animals. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. 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. This company was formed in 1897 and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Nobels explosive company who also owned a further ammunition plant, fully acquired in 1907, at Waltham Abbey, Essex. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . C.E. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites 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. US Lend Lease production for the UK was 1,196,706 No 4 rifles whereas the total British wartime production of this rifle was 2,021,913. ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. WRA = Winchester Repeating Arms - New Haven, Connecticut. 10. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. 1940 1949. Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. 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. 1867 The Black Horse public house built in Tudhoe. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. 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 Rise of Industry 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. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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. Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. 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). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: NORMA or norma Norma Projectilfabrik, Amotfors, SWEDEN. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. The comparative isolation of its moorland situation ended too with the opening of a branch railway from the mainline at Ferryhill in 1876. 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. 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