Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. 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. DI Defence Industries, Verdun, CANADA. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard ROF Blackpole; SAA Factory No. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G, GB or GBF Greenwood and Batley, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. The Badcock Armoury closed. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 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. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. Spennymoor, 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. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. K5 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Kidderminster, Worcestershire., UNITED KINGDOM. Download. Manufactured .303 cartridges with this headstamp January 1924 to February 1925. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 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.; 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. Cartridges known to have been manufactured in: MEN Maschinenfabrik Elisenhutte, Nassau, WEST GERMANY. Population rises to 19,560. 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. 1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of Quarter inch green band Canadian made tracer, Wide green band at equator of case Canadian made Match Ball (1922), Six purple bands around equator of case Canadian Match Ball (1926), Ball round with case blackened quarter inch back from the mouth Short Range Practice Mk 1 (1895 1897), or Mk 2 (1899 1912), Case completely blackened with brass dummy bullet Blank with mock bullet Mk 6, Blank case all black Rifle grenade blank Mk 2, Blank, front half black Rifle Grenade, Ballistite, Blank, front and rear thirds black Rifle grenade Mk 4 for Grenade No 85, Blank, rear half black Rifle grenade blank Mk 7z or Smoke discharger Mk 1T, Ball, reddened case Proof round Mks 1 to 3. 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. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. DA Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, CANADA. There was no production of .303 ammunition in 1961. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. 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. ITALY used both bullet tip and annulus codes, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Phosphorus filled) Blue tip, Armour Piercing Incendiary (Thermite filled) Green tip, UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES BEFORE c 1955,ie Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa used bullet tip and annulus code from about 1918 onwards, Armour Piercing Green tip, Green annulus, Tracer Short Range White tip, Red annulus, Tracer Dark Ignition Grey tip, Red annulus. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. 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. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. 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. 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. There is, however, space for expansion and land is available on the Green Lane Industrial Estate. manufacturing in Britain. 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. The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. Butchers Race, one of the Five Lanes which meet at Tudhoe Crossroads, was so named after this foray. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. The works then possessed the largest mill in Europe, capable of rolling plates up to 13 feet in width. The arms factory was closed in 1987. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. 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. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the Everyman Theatre opens. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. 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. 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 1945 war emergency expansion plan and was situated at Blackpole on the site of the earlier Government Cartridge Factory No 3 of 1916. 1945 World War II ended. For any other comments, please Contact Us. 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. This company was first formed in 1862 and manufactured percussion caps. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. public. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. Penny Rate Product 239. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. Over the next 2 years about 40000 was invested in re-equipping the factory[3]. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . DAL or LAC Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, CANADA. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. V.E.Day. Object details Category Weapons and ammunition Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (association) Creator Royal Ordnance Factory Spennymoor (GB & Durham) Production date This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . 1940 1949. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. Monogram in use 1941 1945. This story has been placed in the following categories. This factory manufactured cartridges for use by the British Army in India as well as the Indian Army. Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. 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. VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. 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. Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. 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. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. MKEMakina ve Kimya Endustrisi, Kuruma, TURKEY. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. There are entire streets without any closet accommodation whatever and in its stead open wooden boxes are placed opposite nearly every doorway for the reception of the excrement, ashes and other refuse; an arrangement which, besides being revolting to every sense of decency, is stated to be offensive in the extreme, especially in hot weather. 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. 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. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. 5. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. International Bowls Championships held in Town. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Troubled Years 1890 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 50,000 tons of steel. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. Spennymoor Town Council, Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. SMI Societa Metallurgica Italiana, Campo Tizzoro, ITALY. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). 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. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. 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. 1759 Government purchase of the privately-owned gunpowder mill at Faversham and the establishment there of the Royal Powder Mill. 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. 3. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Cases were made in Birmingham then assembled and loaded at the Abbey Wood Factory, next to Woolwich Arsenal. 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. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . 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. This web publication contains 152,494 pages of 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. 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. 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. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. 22. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. 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). Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 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. 1897 Kenmirs furniture factory opens in Silver Street. 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. El Alamein. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. 1855 The Ordnance Office was dissolved in 1855. Used the monogram 1942 to 1943. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 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. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. Temple, Collectors Cartridge Catalogue No 29 by Conjay Arms Company Ltd, Whitneys Heritage, A Study of Cartridges Manufactured by The Colonial Ammunition Company in New Zealand. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. Spennymoor United AFC founded. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. 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. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. Maintained by Sapere Software. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. 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. Penny Rate Product 303. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). Used the monogram 1942 to 1945. County Durham, They had a filling factory at Abbey Wood and later during the 1939-45 war a filling factory at Farnham. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. With few exceptions, the housing situation was little better than when Dodd had described the houses as more like piggeries. 21. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. 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. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. Following experimentation to increase the effectiveness of the ball cartridge the British Government adopted a 215 grain cupro-nickle jacketed hollow pointed bullet in 1897 as the Cartridge S.A. Ball .303 inch Cordite Mark III. I was given a badge for helping to raise money for the war effort. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. The small number of factories involved in nuclear weapons production, ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff, did not pass over to Royal Ordnance upon privatisation but were transferred to the control of AWRE. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. 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. D, DF, N or S Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, INDIA. Town Centre redeveloped. Later, Binchester became one of the vills of the Earl of Northumberland who held it until 1420 when it passed to the Nevilles who finally forfeited it with other lands in 1569. 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. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). ( A standing for Armscore ). 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: RA Remington Arms Co.,Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. D Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsberg, Quebec, CANADA. Even before the big coal strike of 1926 the collieries had begun to close. Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, B Mk 4,B Mk 4. HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. 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. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. WWI Massive increase in production. 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. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. MEXICO Fabrica National de Munitions, Mexico City, MEXICO. Providing . 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. 1928 Spennymoor Golf Club opened at North Close. This round had a nitro-cellulose powder charge with a 175 grain boat tailed, streamline, jacketed bullet having a muzzle velocity of 2550 feet per second. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. 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*. 1968 Bessemer Park Housing commenced (1,009 houses). Her advance guards clashed with some of Douglas men near Ferryhill and chased them back to the bridge at Croxdale (Sunderland Bridge). In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. referenced. 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 . In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. MW Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 6, Welchpool, AUSTRALIA. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. Town Hall refurbished. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. 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 back streets stand deep in filth and mud. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. text of this web site is available under the Creative Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. 11. This firm was first formed by George Kynoch at Witton in 1862 as a manufacturer of percussion caps. On the one hand it brought housing efforts almost to a standstill, but on the industry front it saw the resurgence of Spennymoor as a major centre. Powder was stored at Greenwich from an early date. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. We had stirrup pumps to put out fires from Incendiary Bombs. 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]. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. High Street, 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. 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