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Title: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: alison300 on Tuesday 04 September 18 21:02 BST (UK)
Hoping someone can identify this company/factory that existed circa 1914.

I'm researching a WW1 soldier who said he was employed as a 'shell inspector' for Armstrong C??.  He lived at the time in West Bridgford.
Title: Re: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: maddys52 on Wednesday 05 September 18 00:38 BST (UK)
There was the Armstrong Whitworth company in the Tynside area making munitions at this time. They merged with Vickers around 1927. However, it's a long way from West Bridgford.  :-\
Title: Re: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: philipsearching on Wednesday 05 September 18 02:39 BST (UK)
I found two possible factories in the Nottingham area:

Royal Ordnance Factory (renamed National Ordnance Factory) - built 1915 in the Nottingham Area by Cammell Laird which produced shells.

National Shell Factory, Spring Close Works, Old Lenton - a former textile mill taken over by the Nottingham Munitions Committee

(no connection that I know of with Armstrong)

http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/default/files/06%20The%20National%20Factory%20Scheme%20List.pdf

Philip
Title: Re: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: larkspur on Wednesday 05 September 18 10:56 BST (UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shell_Filling_Factory,_Chilwell
Title: Re: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: philipsearching on Wednesday 05 September 18 15:32 BST (UK)
Quote from: larkspur on Wednesday 05 September 18 10:56 BST (UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shell_Filling_Factory,_Chilwell

Nice find.

No 6 NFF Chilwell, Long Eaton - the page I linked doesn't show the operator but wiki says the boss was Viscount Chetwynd.

It's looking as though Armstrong C?? was not the owner or company, but maybe was a site manager.
Title: Re: Armstrong C? - shell factory circa 1914
Post by: alison300 on Friday 07 September 18 19:35 BST (UK)
Thank you everyone for the info and links - fascinating.   :)