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. 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. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. 8). 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. My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. 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). 1990 Town Council wins Waterlow Trophy for fourth year. 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. Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MS Explosives Factory, Salisbury, AUSTRALIA. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. 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. 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. Royal Ordnance Factory. ROF Blackburn. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. 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. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. 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. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. Town Hall, Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. 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. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. The In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk Mr. Leslie. 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. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. 1906 Birmingham Small Arms Co took over the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook[5]. 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. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. 1887 Renamed the Royal Ordnance Factories, control passed to the financial secretary's Civil Department. International Bowls Championships held in Town. 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. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. 22. manufacturing in Britain. Policy. Tracer Mk VII.G, G Mk 1, G Mk 2, G Mk 2Z, G Mk 3, Tracer G Mk 3Z, G Mk 4, G Mk 5, G Mk 6, G Mk 6Z, G Mk 7, G Mk 8 and G Mk 8Z, 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, Streamlined Pattern 1936-37 Match Cartridge, Bulleted blanks for Bren, Lewis and Vickers, Experimental armour piercing incendiary (1956). 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. Everyman Theatre opens. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. 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. 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). 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.; Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. Factory in operation 1828 1919. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. 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 . 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. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). Town Hall refurbished. 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. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. County Durham, Cordite consisted of 58% Nitro-glycerine, 37% Nitro-cellulose and 5% Mineral Jelly and was normally pressed into cord form but tubular, tape, flaked and sliced cordite were also used. ROF Blackburn. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. The round nose bullet form of the Black Powder Mark 1 and 2 and of the Cordite Mark 1 and 2 were felt by many servicemen to have less man stopping effect than the old lead .45 inch Martini bullet, the predecessor in service of the .303 cartridge. 1886 The Sparkbrook factory of the National Arms and Ammunition Co was sold to the government[2] in order to secure the production of small arms. Set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. 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. Providing . Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 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. 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). The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Although these days of rapid industrialisation and rapid growth of population were days of ignorance and squalor, they also saw the 19th century drive for education and religion. 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 ). 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. 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 is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. 581.38 KB. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . Download. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. . Spennymoor United AFC founded. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. The company was formed in the early 1890s having acquired the Holford Works of the National Arms and Ammunition Company and was in existence for only a short time. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. 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. The origin of the name remains somewhat uncertain some believe it to be derived from the Latin Spina which means a thorn (possibly from the Roman influence at Binchester) and Mor which was the Anglo-Saxon word for a moor. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (Australian Pattern) (projectiles were filled by MS at Salisbury). 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. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. Download. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. Penny Rate Product 23,000. bombs fall on Tudhoe. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. Solid Case, .303inch. We had workers playtime during our half hour break. WWI Massive increase in production. 1976 750,000 Spennymoor Recreation Centre opened. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 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. 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. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 20. When U used with a diamond this indicates manufacture in a subsidiary factory at Kimberley. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. 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. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. c 1948. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. Most countries do not, unlike Britain, identify the bullet by the headstamp, so such colour markings are often the only way to identify the bullet in use. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Slightly before that, in the 1860s, a rather advanced area of working-class housing had been erected at Tudhoe Grange built by Marmaduke Salvin to house local workers. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. Cost 87,000. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. Penny Rate Product 239. 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. The later Mark 6 and 7 incendiary rounds could also be used in this role if required. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 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. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. For any other comments, please Contact Us. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. Nobel Industries in turn was to become part of the new giant Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd when it was formed in 1926. those of the BBC. 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. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. 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. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. public. Wesleyan Church opened. 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%. Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 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 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. Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. 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. 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). After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . To see the 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. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 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. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 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. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Kings Norton Metal Co. Production of .303 cartridges did not start until late 1918 and the production of all ammunition finally ceased in early 1919. 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Royal Ordnance Factory. The headstamp code B denoting the manufacturer should not be confused with B as in BVIIZ which indicates incendiary ammunition. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. A fourth royal factory, the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough was also taken over by the Ministry in 1916. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. 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. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp March 1925 to April 1926. Penny Rate Product 18,500. 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. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. 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. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of Royal Ordnance Factories created at the start of the Second World War . Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. The following .303 cartridges are known to have been produced by Kynoch: Armour Piercing Mks VII.S, VII.P, VII.W, W Mk 1 and W Mk 1Z, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 8z with Aluminium Case, Drill, D Mk 6, D Mk 8, D Mk 9 and D Mk 10. The new St. Charles School opened. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 (identified on headstamp as 7.70) cartridges during 1918 in: Also known to have produced ball rounds in the 1920s and 30s, A VE Atelier de Construction de Valence, FRANCE. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. This producer is now known as Metallwerk Elisenhutte GmbH Nassau. 8 ROF Beech Hill, Wigan ROF Birtley. This factory was also set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. 102.56 KB. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: DC Defence Industries, Brownsburgh, Quebec, CANADA. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. 8 ROF Birtley. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. , Melbourne, AUSTRALIA at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the main Durham.... 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