Munitions Collection (page 6)

Lady Lawrence, founder of the Munition Makers Canteen Committee in 1915, designed to maintain the good health of muntions workers with the provision of regular meals at canteens established at

Overheard by George Belcher
My daughter wants to go into one of those munition works. Do you think they re injurious to the eath, Mrs Green? Two ladies discuss the dangers of working at munitions factories

Fashionable ladies consider munitions work
Cartoon depicting two fashionably dressed ladies chatting about what they will contribute towards the war effort. First Maiden: Are you doing any war work

War Women in the guise of men, WW1
A page of various photographs showing women taking on traditionally male roles during the First World War. As well as working as recruiters and munitions workers, there is also a lady barber

Lloyd Georges car mascot in shape of a shell, WW1
A symbolic winged shell fitted to the motor car of David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions during 1915. It was presented to him by a manufacturer as a mark of appreciation for his work in speeding

Viscountess Charlemont, munitions worker
Viscountess Charlemont, formerly Evelyn Fanny Charlotte Hull, daughter of Edmund Charles Pendleton Hull. She married James Edward Geale Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont, son of Hon

Society munition-workers, lady volunteers making shells, WW1
A double page spread from The Sketch magazine showing several pictures to report on the involvement of high-born and titled women in the national drive for increasing munitions manufacture during

Lloyd George & daughter on French Flag Day, WW1
David Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions and future Prime Minister, pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine being waylaid by his daughter

Patriotic slogan on a London Zoo tortoise, WW1
A tortoise, Methuselah, at London Zoo using his shell to advertise the need for more shells (of a different kind), during the First World War

French shells used on Land and Sea WWI
In Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells

Shortage of ammunitions 1916
During the early months of World War One the British force suffered greatly through shortage of ammunitions. A tremendous drive by Mr

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

Munitions being loaded onto battleship, WW1
A dockyard scene during the First World War showing munitions being hoisted aboard a battleship. Date: 1915

Training men in munition work, WW1
Men of the later Derby groups being trained in munition work. The Derby groups were men who had attested before the end of 1915, putting themselves forward for joining up if required

Assembling fuses 1916
Munition workers in World War One, packing fuse heads. 1916

Abdulla Cigarette advert featuring Maisie the Munition Worke
One of a series of advertisements for Abdulla cigarettes featuring various girls in typical roles during World War One. Here is Maisie the Munitions Worker. Date: 1918

Birmingham working in war time
A page of sketches by Helen McKie showing Birmingham as a hive of industry during the First World War, showing female munitions workers in a national shell factory

Viscountess Charlemont, formerly Evelyn Hull (or Hall), whose husband, James Caulfield, *th Viscount Charlemont was declared unfit for military service during World War One

British artillerymen carrying shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen carrying shells to a gun through the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Storage of shells, France, WW1
Storage of shells for use on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Big shells ready for firing, Western Front, WW1
British big shells ready for firing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops loading up ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading up limbers with ammunition on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British ammunition transported by mules, WW1
British field gun ammunition transported by mules during wet weather on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1
A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Japanese military supplies
Japanese trucks during the war with China, taking munitions and food supplies to the front line and returning empty to re-load. Date: 1937-1945

Ammunition on pack mules, Western Front, France, WW1
Ammunition being carried on pack mules on a wet day during the British advance on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British artillerymen sorting shells, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen sorting shells in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British gunners walking on ice, Western Front, WW1
British gunners walking on ice, carrying ammunition on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George with remains of shell, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George with the remains of a shell on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply, WW1
Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply with Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas (French Minister for Munitions) on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

King George VI visits a Royal Ordnance factory, WWII
King George VI being given a tour of inspection of a Royal Ordnance factory and seeing at first-hand the immense effort being put in to produce arms, in this case anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns

Ammunition waggons
Carts usually used to transport groceries are requisitioned for use as ammunition waggons following the military mobilisation order on the outbreak of war

Manufacturing equipment - Lead Shrapnel - WW1 Date: circa 1915

The woman behind the gun 1916
Ministering angels to the ministry of munitions. Making spiral scrolls with a vertical milling machine. Date: 1916

Women workers for WWI
400, 000 women were employed by the Ministry of Munitions in 1916, theses women came from France and England and more were required to keep up with the demand. Date: 1916

French woman in a munitions factory, making parts for arti
French lady as she sits at her bench, in a French factory, machining brass striker-pins for artillery shells. 1916

High explosive shells ready for the final process at Creusot
After having passed through all the series of foundry operations at Creusot, from the initial stage, when as a rough ingot of steel, the metal is received at the factory

High explosives being manufactured at Creusot Works, France
Photograph showing shells being manufactured at the Creusot Works, the Krupp, France. Date: 1915

Girls at Munitions. Conor, William 1881-1968

2, 000lb bombs at a US munitions factory in 1943. Date: 1943

Sailors removing munitions from warship. Date 1904

The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916
An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

The Supply Council, Second World War, 1939
The first meeting of the Supply Council, set up on 21 September 1939. When the ministry was set up under the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 it became responsible for the administration of the Royal

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Resounding message of Allied female solidarity
" Vanities of Valdes: The Munitioneers" This resounding message of Allied female solidarity shows " Mary" of Britain and " Marianne" of France, who

Woman working in a Munitions Factory - WWII. Women took the place of 100, 000 men working in heavy industry during the war, many in highly skilled engineering roles. Date: circa 1944

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