MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. 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. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: DC Defence Industries, Brownsburgh, Quebec, CANADA. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. The end of World War II, however, saw this industrial activity greatly curtailed and hard times returned, although without the severity of the earlier pre-war years. 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. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. 8). 1934 Prince of Wales visits the Town for a second time. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. One evening, in December 1940, when I . This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Population rises to 19,560. 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. VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. Floral waistcoats and ribboned hats were worn on these highly colourful occasions. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. Wesleyan Church opened. 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. people who designed and built them. 1931 Road Tolls ceased at Page Bank Bridge. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. The coal mining at Whitworth and a small foundry at Merrington Lane were the earliest industries, but in 1853 the Weardale Iron and Coal Company opened its great ironworks at Tudhoe. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. 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). 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. 1940 German H.E. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. ROF Blackburn. This of course was not the total number of .303 rifles produced in the UK during WW2, as the SMLE Rifle No 1 was still being manufactured, BSA alone producing nearly a quarter of a million No 1 Mk III and III* rifles. 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. Today, Merrington church is one of the most prominent local landmarks. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. 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. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Download. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. 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. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. Nobel Industries in turn was to become part of the new giant Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd when it was formed in 1926. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: K4 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. 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. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. 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. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). 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 ). This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. 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. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 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. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. 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 . 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. 5. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 2000 Millennium Mining Memorial unveiled in Victoria Jubilee Park. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. Kirk Merrington football field refurbished. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. The USA had also produced the .303 Pattern 1914, also known as the Rifle No 3 Mk 1 or 1*, for the British Government during the First World War. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. 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). V.E.Day. Spennymoor United AFC founded. We had stirrup pumps to put out fires from Incendiary Bombs. HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, H Mk 7Z, M11 and M12, FNM Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Legeiras, Moscavide, PORTUGAL. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the 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. Whitworth Hall severely damaged by fire. In 1887, when they were renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department, from which in 1899 they returned to the . 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. Find out how you can use this. This web publication contains 152,494 pages of For any other comments, please Contact Us. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. 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. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 2005 BAe Land Systems Munitions and Ordnance employs about 1650 people at sites including the former RO sites at Birtley, Bishopton, Bridgwater, Chorley, Glascoed, Radway Green and Shrivenham. 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. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. ROF Featherstone; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 cartridges up to 1919 in: L There is some confusion over this headstamp code as both Lorenz Ammunition and Ordnance Co, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM and Ludlow and Co, Wolverhampton, Staffs, UNITED KINGDOM are believed to have used a L as their code and both manufactured .303 cartridges between 1887 and 1890. In 1962 the Metals Division of ICI was reorganised as a separate company known as Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. During WW1 Kynoch produced in excess of 2,373 million .303 cartridges. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. 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. 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. 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. 1987 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. 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. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative Cases were supplied by MJ, Ball Mk 7 (loaded into cases with BVI head stamp). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. asked the Minister of War Transport (1) whether he will provide omnibus facilities to enable girls to travel from Ferryhill and Merrington to the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor in time to commence work at 7.30 a.m., and an omnibus service back to Ferryhill at 5 p.m.; DL16 6DG. JAPAN is known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Army Year Type 89 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, without any headstamp codes in: JAPAN is also known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, at their Aichi Naval Arsenal, Toyokawa Naval Arsenal and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in the following configurations, SPAIN manufactured .303 ammunition and used it on a limited scale during and after the Civil War of 1936 39. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. Tudhoe football field created. 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. DA Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, CANADA. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. 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. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. 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. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. 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. When U used with a diamond this indicates manufacture in a subsidiary factory at Kimberley. 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. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard Known to have manufactured Black powder Ball Mk 2 .303 cartridges from 1891 1896. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. The arms factory was closed in 1987. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Although the United States of America did not officially adopt a .303 rifle, it did produce, under the Lend Lease scheme of World War 2, nearly a third of the wartime production of No 4 rifles used by British troops. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mks 7 and 8Z. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. 1951 Population 19,740. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. Mr. Leslie. 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. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. During the battle, the prior from Durham and his monks knelt on a little hillock in the Shaw Wood and prayed for an English victory while holding aloft, impaled on a spear, the Holy Corporax Cloth from the Cathedral. do not work properly without it enabled. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. This factory was part of the 1939 1945 war emergency expansion plan and was situated at Blackpole on the site of the earlier Government Cartridge Factory No 3 of 1916. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. 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. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. manufacturing in Britain. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of Band Stand refurbished to its former state. 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. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. 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. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 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. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. Providing . They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed by the Chancery Court. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). 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. 581.38 KB. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. 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*. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GKB or K George Kynoch, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. My Father worked at the factory. 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. 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. By this time we were given mugs of tea and corned beef sarnies. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. ( A standing for Armscore ). 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. List of sites of Royal Ordnance Factories. 1897 Kenmirs furniture factory opens in Silver Street. 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. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. Commonly known locally as the "Fuse" or "Fuze", because the majority of components in production related to the fuse mechanisms used on most explosive devices at the time, bombs. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. 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. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 8; . The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. Mon - Thurs 8:45 - 17:00, Fri 8:45 - 16:30 Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. people who designed and built them. 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