crampy1 kidderminster All posts by this member | 1 of 31 Tue 22nd Mar 2011 1:20am Member: Joined Mar 2011 Total posts:1 Hi, I have just found out from 1911 Census that my great grandfather Walter Ernest Cramp worked as a clerk in the Time Office at the Ordnance Works. His sister Gladys also worked there as an examiner. He went on to join the Worcester Regiment 14th Battalion and died of wounds in 1917 in France and is buried at Etaples War Cemetery in France. Gladys went on to marry in 1911 but don't know who to. Could anyone tell me what their jobs would have entailed while working there. Thanks, Paul |
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 2 of 31 Wed 24th Oct 2012 3:48pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Big guns being made in Coventry
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morgana the secret garden All posts by this member | 3 of 31 Wed 24th Oct 2012 3:52pm Member: Joined Nov 2011 Total posts:1932 Coventry ordnance factory
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Baz Coventry All posts by this member | 4 of 31 Wed 24th Oct 2012 4:00pm Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:334 On 24th Oct 2012 3:52pm, morgana said:
Coventry ordnance factory
WOW. This is fantastic, what a size. Makes me wonder how they got it out and to the ship builders. ![]() ![]() Always looking forward to looking at the past. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 5 of 31 Sat 12th Jan 2013 4:47pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 On 12th Jan 2013 1:52pm, morgana said:
Coventry Ordnance Factory link
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Primrose USA All posts by this member | 6 of 31 Sat 12th Jan 2013 6:01pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:191 I can't help with what Walter Cramp did at the Ordnance Works but I see that Ethel Gladys Cramp married in the 3Q of 1911, possible spouses being a William E Bennett or an Albert Janes. As an Ernest Bennett is listed as a boarder with the Cramps in 1911, I suspect he may the spouse but don't take my word for it! |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 7 of 31 Sat 12th Jan 2013 6:44pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 Yes, it was Bennett - Ethel G Bennett died in Jun 1/4 1958 aged 74 ![]() |
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Alvisnick France All posts by this member | 8 of 31 Fri 22nd Jul 2016 3:00pm Member: Joined Oct 2011 Total posts:23 I have just found a reference to Coventry Ordnance Works -
I have a few questions Coventry experts might be able to answer!
1) Was it working in World War II?
2) What activity was there in World War II?
3) The same reference mentions 'Gun Quenching Pits' - what were they for? Question |
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LesMac Coventry All posts by this member | 9 of 31 Wed 27th Jul 2016 2:25pm Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:252 As no one else wants to answer your query I will do my best although I have never worked in a factory. I was a soldier.
Yes it was working during the war. I think that the factory was owned by Cammell Laird. Its main production was naval guns although they did make smaller guns.
Quenching is hardening or tempering of metal by submersing red hot metal into a bath of water or oil. Quenching pits are also known as bosh tanks or pits.
Rifling and most other work on the guns had to be done before quenching while the metal is soft.
I wonder if anyone knows how the rifling is cut into small guns even as small as air guns. |
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NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 10 of 31 Wed 27th Jul 2016 2:44pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:827 LesMac. It isn't a case of not wanting to reply, I personally know nothing about the place. I thought rifling was done by broaching, but being spiralled maybe not. I am sure there are engineers on here that can answer this and I would be interested to know the answer ![]() Milly rules |
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JBagley Coventry All posts by this member | 11 of 31 Wed 27th Jul 2016 3:37pm Member: Joined Jan 2014 Total posts:11 The works opened in 1900 and was expanded considerably during the First World War, manufacturing tanks, aeroplanes and naval guns. The works closed in the 1920s and later became a gunnery depot for the Royal Navy until it closed in the 1970s. This web site Grace's Guide has more info, pictures and site maps.
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LesMac Coventry All posts by this member | 12 of 31 Thu 28th Jul 2016 1:56pm Member: Joined Dec 2011 Total posts:252 Thank you for replies and sorry NormK didn't intend to offend. Just thought that that someone on the forum would know the answer bearing in mind the rich industrial heritage of this city and the knowledge of forum members.
1985 I was sent to Parker Hale in Birmingham to prepare a report on a new .308 rifle that was being developed. Never been in a gun factory before and it was certainly an eye opener. Rifling on small weapons was done by broaching four grooves the length of the bore, the barrel being slight longer than the finished barrel, then warmed up and a machine twisted the whole barrel that was later machined to length and straightened.
As for naval guns, I have no idea. |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 13 of 31 Mon 7th Nov 2016 4:57pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 The assembly of aircraft at the Ordnance Works in 1917. The plane is a type R.E.8. |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member | 14 of 31 Fri 11th Nov 2016 12:42pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:473 A short clip of aeroplanes under construction, presumably in Coventry, with rousing soundtrack.
Can anyone identify the bomber?
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 15 of 31 Fri 11th Nov 2016 2:49pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 I think the clip description is wrong - looks like one of these flying over its home town ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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