1917 Silvertown explosion,

West Ham Cemetery, managed by Newham Council, opened in 1857

Shell and Fuses Agreement 1915

Worker

Sir George ASKWITH's Treasury Committee on Production.
Engineering unions and employers

Was this taken in the RWA?

under the title ...
A woman munition worker gauging shell cases. .......................

The History of the T.U.C. 1868-1968 published by the General Council of the Trade Union Congress 1968

Crane girls. RWA ?

workers

Was this taken in Woolwich Arsenal?
under the title ...
Making a bomb.
Factory workers could earn £2..10..0d a week, more the four times a parlour maid ..........

Picture published in ...
Yesterday's Britain. Readers Digest Association Limited 1998

Locomotive "Invincible"

Transport

Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST 'Invincible'
1915-1955 Worked within the Woolwich Arsenal.

bristol202000 in 1994

 

　

see ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/14086135@N04/8430014635/

http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/75.html

WW 1- medal cards

Awards

1919 Munition Workers Medal was not issued

WO 372 The National Archives search of Medal card and image on Ancestry

Additional information on the following welcomed ...

ASHBY, W C.

Corps: Royal Arsenal Woolwich.

Rank: Civilian.

14 Ethronoi Road, Bexley Heath, Kent applies on 1919.06.10 for Munition Workers Medal


COOPER, Marjorie Olive.

Corps: Superintendent of Hostels Woolwich Arsenal.

not found Ancestry.


LILLY, J J.

Corps: Royal Arsenal Woolwich.

Rank: Civilian.

267 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green. N22 applies on 1919.01.01 for Munition Workers Medal


RUSCOE, Albert Oswald.

Corps: Woolwich Arsenal and Imperial Ministry of Munitions Att. Canada

Rank: Foreman.

SS Nora. PO Box No 837, Victoria BC Canada applies on 1921.09.27 (not allowed)


SMITH, Emanuel L.

Corps: Royal Arsenal Woolwich Shell Examiners.

6 Godstall Chambers, Chester applies on 1919.01.31 for Munition Workers Medal

Note: change of address 41 Pricy Road, Chester

　
  TOMLINSON, Charles Henry.

Corps Regiment No Rank Woolwich Dockyard.

Mrs H TOMLINSON widow 316 High Street, Plumstead. SE18 applies 1919.09.22

WATKINS. Pte

Corps: Royal Arsenal Woolwich.

49 Edward Street, Deptford. SE8 applies on 1919.01.25 for Munition Workers Medal
　

WELLS, Charles Edward.

Corps: Regiment [None stated] Labour Inspection Department R Arsenal Woolwich

Rank: 8304 4118

Sec.Treasurer The Imperial  Veterans in Canada
 430 Lansdowne Avenue, Winnipeg Man aplies 1919.12.09

　

　
WILLIAMS, Oliver J.

Corps: Woolwich Arsenal.

Rank: Inspector of Gun Carriages.


WHITE, S.

Corps: Woolwich Dockyard.

Rank: Civilian Employee.

not found Ancestry.   

WW 1- 2 London Brigade

military

2 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery(Territorial Force)

1908 Formed from the 3 Kent(Royal Arsenal) Royal Garrison Artillery(Volunteer) Headquarters at Woolwich, south-east London.

1914 Became

1/2 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery(TF) until 1916 became 281 Brigade Royal Field Artillery(TF) Placed in suspended animation in 1919.

2/2 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery(TF) until 1916 became 291 Brigade Royal Field Artillery(TF) disbanded in 1919.

WW 1 so the unit in the home and Western fronts.

1920 Reconstituted as part of the 5 Brigade Royal Field Artillery(TF) which became the 92(5th London) Brigade Royal Field Artillery(TA)