Tudhoe football field created. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. 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. 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 later Mark 6 and 7 incendiary rounds could also be used in this role if required. 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 . IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Factory in operation 1828 1919. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. 1811 The Royal Small Arms Factory site at Enfield was purchased. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. These men, early industrial workers, wore their hair long and on these gala days it flowed freely over their shoulders instead of, as usually was the case, being tied in curls. 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. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. They had a filling factory at Abbey Wood and later during the 1939-45 war a filling factory at Farnham. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges . Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. people who designed and built them. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. Page Bank colliery opened. Download. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. Royal Ordnance Factory. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. 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. 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 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. 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. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. Troubled Years 1994 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. 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 ). VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. bombs fall on Tudhoe. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. 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. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. ROF Blackburn. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. 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. The .303 British Service cartridge, commonly known as the .303 or .303 British was adopted by Britain along with the Lee Metford Rifle in 1889. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 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). Mon - Thurs 8:45 - 17:00, Fri 8:45 - 16:30 Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. By this time we were given mugs of tea and corned beef sarnies. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. 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. 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. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (Australian Pattern) (projectiles were filled by MS at Salisbury). Find out how you can use this. The In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. 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. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. Mr Hosie who was chauffeur for ROF at the time was our driver. DC Dominion Cartridge Company which later became the Dominion Ammunition Division of Canadian Industries Ltd. In 1968 work commenced on the 1,009 houses here and this allowed the clearance of 500 unfit houses as well as the provision of housing work workers coming to the new factories. RA Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, NORWAY. On nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Mk 7z Ball cartridges made by FNM of Moscavide, PORTUGAL. I remember Tudhoe Colliery being bombed. referenced. 8; . Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. 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. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Penny Rate Product 239. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard 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 ). It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. however, William allowed some of the previous owners to retain their lands, and one of these was Whittleworth now Whitworth whose first known proprietor was Thomas de Acle who held it in 1183. This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. 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. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 3. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. Next we went with the WAAFs to see how they packed parachutes for the boys. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. 39 and 40. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. Town Hall, Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. The effect of the closure was relieved by the sinking of the Dean and Chapter colliery in 1904, but the reliance on this one basic industry was to persist until the 1960s. 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. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. 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. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. 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 . R-P Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. The comparative isolation of its moorland situation ended too with the opening of a branch railway from the mainline at Ferryhill in 1876. 1934 Prince of Wales visits the Town for a second time. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. 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]. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mk 7. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. Its head office is at Glascoed. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. During WW1 Greenwood & Batley are known to have produced in excess of 705 million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. 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. RG Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. Set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . 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. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. 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). 1989 Byers Green Village Hall extended and refurbished. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 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. Policy. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. There was no production of .303 ammunition in 1961. 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.; One evening, in December 1940, when I . Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. V.E.Day. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. 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. 11. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. 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. 1939 Outbreak of World War II. 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. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. Penny Rate Product 18,500. 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. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). The coal industry has been replaced by manufacturers of consumer goods, and factories of Electrolux, Thorn Lighting and Black and Decker were established. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Royal Ordnance Factories were for explosives manufacture, filling of munitions and engineering. 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. 1962 Pavilions added to Merrington Lane playing fields. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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 MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. 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). MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. 1945 World War II ended. Electric lighting for Spennymoor. 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. Kirk Merrington football field refurbished. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. 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 Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: F or AF or SAAF Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. An era of prosperity dawned in the 1860s and 1870s when the miners were earning 1 per day. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. The new St. Charles School opened. List of sites of Royal Ordnance Factories. 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. Demolition of High Street Railway Bridge. This story has been placed in the following categories. Steve 11-03-2014, 06:29 PM #3 lithoman I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. 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. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Short Range Practice ( New Zealand Pattern), 215 gr RNSP, 180 gr PSP, 180 gr HP, 174 gr PSP, 150 gr PSP, 130 gr PSP and 150 gr HP Sporting Ammunition, Mks 4 and 5 Big Game Exploder Sporting Ammunition. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. The town was founded over 160 years ago. 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. 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. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). By 1935 the first 66 Council houses had been built, and a year later the first 106 North Eastern Housing Association houses were erected on the Racecourse Estate site. DWM Deutsche Waffen Und Munitionsfabrik, Karlsruhe, GERMANY. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. 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. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GKB or K George Kynoch, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. 17. 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). 21. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. My Father worked at the factory. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. The 800 house estate at Greenways and the 300 house estate at Tudhoe Grange were started, although it was not until the industrial prosperity of the 1970s that private house building reached 100 a year. 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. ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites World War II had diverse effects upon the town. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. 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. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. International Bowls Championships held in Town. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. 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. 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. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. 8 ROF Birtley. 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%. 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. MKEMakina ve Kimya Endustrisi, Kuruma, TURKEY. By Barry W. Gracia, An extensive website on the Vickers machine gun, Harrington Aviation Museum DropZone Newsletter, Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge. 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. 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. 2. 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. 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. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative 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. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Which are interchangeable with the.303 cartridge who was chauffeur for ROF at the Royal Laboratory was royal ordnance factory spennymoor! 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