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ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORIES
I have just brought a lapel badge for the ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY No 14 (number on rear 765) which I have googled and come up with ROF No 14 Ruddington in Nottinghamshire. On a dealers site, Sa*** Bos*** badges she shows it as ROF No 14 ROTHERHAM in Yorkshire.
Could any forum member confirm which is correct for me please?? The seller could not id the factory and it is a button hole type.
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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.) |
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Mike, thanks for this, I already have this list. Ruddington is shown as ROF No 14 but Sa*** Bos*** on her badge dealer site shows it as ROTHERHAM.
I have contacted the Ruddington parish council and they have sent me a link to ROF No 14 Ruddington so I am happy to name my badge as so. Here is the link if anyone is interested:- http://www.ruddington-history.org.uk...ry/default.htm Quote:
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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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Hi Jerry
Just out of curiousity was the 'Poole' ROF located at Holton Heath, near Wareham? In the 70's my dad worked at an EMI factory on the former Admiralty ordnance site there. Graham
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As a matter of interest Radway Green ( No.13 ) is at Alsager which is considerably nearer Crewe than it is to Macclesfield.
P.B.
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And here is my ROF list.
01 Woolwich, London. Engineering & Filling 02 Enfield, Middlesex. Engineering 03 Birtley, County Durham. Engineering 04 Blackburn Lancashire. Engineering 05 Cardiff Glam. Engineering 06 Cardonald Glasgow. Engineering 07 Dalmuir Dumbartonshire. Engineering 08 Fazakerley Liverpool. Engineering 09 Leeds Yorkshire. Engineering 10 Hooton Cheshire. Engineering 11 Newport Monmouthshire. Engineering 12 Radcliffe Lancs. Engineering 13 Radway Green Cheshire. Small Arms Ammunition 14 Maltby Rotherham. Engineering 15 Wigan Cheshire. Engineering 16 Patricroft Manchester. Engineering 17 Ellesmere Port Cheshire. Engineering 18 Hayes Middlesex. Engineering 19 Poole Dorset. Engineering 20 Blackpole Worcestershire. Small Arms Ammunition 21 Spennymoor County Durham. Small Arms Ammunition 22 Steeton Yorkshire. Small Arms Ammunition 23 Nottingham Notts. Engineering 24 Theale Berkshire. Engineering 25 Hirwaun Glamorgan. Engineering 31 1 Waltham Abbey Essex. Explosive 32 Bishopton Renfrewshire. Explosive 33 Irvine Ayrshire. Explosive 34 Pembrey Camarthenshire. Explosive 35 Wrexham Denbighshire. Explosive 36 Drigg Cumberland. Explosive 37 Bridgwater Somerset. Explosive 38 Ranskill Notts. Explosive 51 Hereford Herefordshire. Filling 52 Chorley Lancs. Filling 53 Bridgend Glamorgan. Filling 54 Glascoed Usk, Monmouth. Filling 55 Swynnerton, Staffordshire. Filling 56 Risley Lancs. Filling 57 Kirkby Liverpool. Filling 58 Thorp Arch Yorkshire. Filling 59 Aycliffe County Durham. Filling 60 Rearsby Leicester. Filling 61 Burghfield Reading. Filling 62 Healey Hall Rochdale. Filling 63 Ruddington Notts. Filling 64 Walsall Staffs. Filling 65 Elstow Bedford. Filling 66 Featherstone Wolverhampton. Filling |
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ROF 5 SWYNNERTON Nr Stone Staffs badge
if any one has one ROF number 5 Badge I am looking for one My Grandmother and Gt Aunt both worked there but I have no badge an image would be great also. hopefully Stephen Collecting to Stone Staffordshire and surrounding Towns and Villages. In particular the whereabouts of my Great Uncles medals 14 Star Trio 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment to 9605 Pte H Taylor known to be serving with A Coy 1915 also his brother location of his British War and Victory to 12125 Pte W.J Taylor serving with 5th Batt R.F. 1915. I have his 14/15 Star. Last edited by yorkstone; 22-01-14 at 11:08 PM. |
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I have only just joined this group so apologies if you already know all this. |
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The Radway Green factory is till in production as part of BAe although it's much smaller than it was.
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ROFTEN Hooton
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Presented To Dr Egbert P Booth DSc, PhD, MI Mech E By the staff of the Royal Ordnance Factory Ellesmere Port As a token of Affection and esteem May 1943 This caused me some confusion, but it seems Ellesmere Port and Hooton are one place, is that correct? He only married my mother's mother's sister in 1946, but Aunt Ann had been his HR officer at the factory during the war. |
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Royal Ordnance Factory 10 badge
I have just received the badge which must have belonged to my great uncle Dr Egbert Percy Booth who was in charge of Roften, or Royal Ordnance Factory 10
Stamped on the back is the number 720. The badge was made by the firm T.L.M. Ltd Birmingham. Along with it came a silver plate which refers to Roften being in Hooton, whereas the plate in the cigar box refers to Ellesmere Port, but I presume from the comments that that is the same thing. Another badge came with it, his Birmingham Special Constabulary Reserve badge, serial number 1000 IMG_3815_1.jpg IMG_3813_1.jpg IMG_3325_1.jpg IMG_3818_1.jpg |
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