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Old 22-01-14, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike_2817 View Post
Twenty World War II Filling Factories were planned, but only 16 were built:
ROF Chorley, (Filling Factory No. 1);
ROF Bridgend, (Filling Factory No. 2).
ROF Glascoed, (Filling Factory No. 3).
ROF Hereford, (Filling Factory No. 4) (This was the re-opened World War I National Filling Factory).
ROF Swynnerton (Filling Factory No. 5).
ROF Risley, (Filling Factory No. 6).
ROF Kirkby, (Filling Factory No. 7).
ROF Aycliffe, (Filling Factory No. 8).
ROF Thorpe Arch (Filling Factory No. 9).
ROF Queniborough, (Filling Factory No. 10).
ROF Brackla, (Filling Factory No. 11).
ROF Swindon (Wootton Bassett), (Factory No. 12). *
ROF Macclesfield, (Factory No. 13). *
ROF Ruddington, (Filling Factory No. 14).
ROF Walsall, (Filling Factory No. 15).
ROF Elstow, (Filling Factory No. 16).
ROF Featherstone, (Filling Factory No. 17).
ROF Burghfield, (Filling Factory No. 18) (later part of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)).
ROF Tutbury, (Factory No. 19) *
ROF Northampton, (Factory No. 20) *

(Asterisked factories Nos. 12, 13, 19 and 20 were planned, numbers assigned, but not built.)
Mike, I am not sure how correct the list is as I have badges for the following:-
ROF No 13 Radway Green Cheshire(button hole), ROF No 19 Poole, Dorset (pin back) and seen ROF No 20 Blackpole, Worcestershire.

My list shows some differences:-
ROF 1 CHORLEY
ROF 2 BRIDGEND
ROF 3 GLASCOED
ROF 4 BLACKBURN Lancashire#
ROF 5 SWYNNERTON
ROF 6 RISLEY
ROF 7 KIRKBY
ROF 8 FAZAKERLEY, Liverpool
ROF 9 LEEDS
ROF 10 QUENIBOROUGH
ROF 11 BRACKLA
ROF 12
ROF 13 RADWAY GREEN Cheshire#
ROF 14 RUDDINGTON
ROF 15
ROF 16 ELSTOW Bedford
ROF 17 FEATHERSTONE
ROF 18 BURGHFIELD
ROF 19 POOLE Dorset pin back#
ROF 20 BLACKPOLE Worcestershire gm
ROYAL ARSENAL Woolwich pin back #
ROYAL ARSENAL Woolwich button hole#
ROYAL ARSENAL Woolwich bze
ROYAL ARSENAL Woolwich (brooched)
ROYAL SMALL ARMS FACTORY Enfield
COVENTRY ORDNANCE WORKS#
COVENTRY ORDNANCE WORKS(var)

Jerry.
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