The crown, stopgate lane 1950 historical pictures, the crown, old photos. Over four million were built during world war ii, and the sten was widely used by airborne troops, tankers, and others who needed a compact weapon with. After the end of the upgrading programme, the newbuild pf and uf55a no4 mk2 rifles were produced. Royal ordnance factory wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Other ww ii explosive factories a number of world war ii munitions factories in the uk were built and owned by imperial chemical industries ici. Book your pets vet appointment online or please call wavertree on 0151 733 5755 or fazakerley on 0151 525 0847. Publie domain books belong to the publie and wc are merely their eustodians. King george vi visited in 1939 royal ordnance factory apprentices pictured in 1958. It seems that the rifle has gone into the arsenal in canada. Hannah fazakerley camberley, n7, the united kingdom 588. The fore edges of a book are the page edges opposite the spine, and. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our fazakerley research.
The bsa recess is a little rougher and appears skewed by comparison to the rof recess. But by this time, industrial relations at fazakerley were best described as tense and the factory began its slow inevitable decline. Another 1 words 9 lines of text covering the years 94, 1600, 1631, 1582, 1647, 1621, 1650, 1792 and 1767 are included under the topic early fazakerley history in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever. No4 mk12 mk mk2 and ftr all about enfieldsall about. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Ww2 production ceased with f39580 and the 1,000 rifle run during the korean war ran from f39581 to f40580. Manufactured briefly but intensively by rof fazakerley 19551959 and by sterling for over 30 years, nearly 4000,000 were made. Ue is enfield, ub is bsa, uf is fazakerley and ad is lithgow, australia. There is a noticeable difference in the style of cut in butt stock recess of rof fazakerley and bsa m47c produced rifles. Buy a brief history of fazakerley by fazakerley local history group isbn. Lee enfield no4mkis were made by several factories during the 2nd world war.
Fazakerley photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Manufacturer was the royal ordnance factory, fazakerley, liverpool, england. Rof fazakerley and rof maltby were established before world war ii to increase arms production facilities in. These ici nobel explosives owned factories were not considered part of the ministry of supplys royal ordnance factory organisation and they were not called rofs. In the 20th century it became a place for new houses, bought by people who moved out of the crowded centre of liverpool. Importer was interarms, marked on the receiver left side construction is entirely steel metal, with two piece walnut stock and with brass butt plate. To work out which factory that your lee enfield no4. It is part of the liverpool walton parliamentary constituency. I bought it because i write detective novels and one of my main protagonists is a scouser. Watch tihy size queens streaming video on demand nrof jules jordan beauty. British no4 rifles were set up with a 5 digit serial number system with 1xxxx being allotted to maltby, 2xxxx fazakerley, 3xxxx bsa shirley. It was rof arsenal refinished in 1948, and so marked. A publie domain book is one that was never subjcct to eopyright or whose legal.
A brief history of fazakerley and district b blanche on. Because the british army had millions of mk1s in store they didnt need mk2s, so most of the mk2 production was done in batches for export to commonwealth countries, or for commercial sale, or for raf service. We know of 9 airports in the wider vicinity of fazakerley, of which 4 are larger airports. Britains lee enfield no 4 rifle history by cammack. If it looks along the lines of rof f then fazakerley, if it has.
The easiest way to tell which one is to look at the left hand side of the receiver and see what is engraved there. Publie domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, eultuie and. At the 2001 census it had a population of 15,062, increasing to 16,786 at the 2011 census description. In the case of savage stevens the serial numbers began with a. Aintree racecourse station liverpool town, liverpool history. Peter was an armourer with the australian army during the late 60s and served in nz for some time at ngaruawahia. Listed in the doomsday book 1086 as waleton, in 1907 walton was described by the authors william farrer and j. Nostalgic pictures from nottinghams royal ordnance factory. An indepth history of the small arms made by the sterling company of dagenham, essex, england, from 1940 until sterling was purchase by british aerospace in 1989 and closed. This is an exceptional example of a late contract run no. The fazakerley area is located in north liverpool, with neighbouring districts that include croxteth, aintree and kirkby some of the notable features of the area are fazakerley railway station, altcourse hm prison and fazakerley hospital, officially known as aintree university hospital unusually, part of fazakerley is in the neighbouring borough council of knowsley, with the. Some were found on the early 1944 experimental models but the majority are post war. My grandparents lived at number 6 delagoa road, fazakerley.
No4 mk12 mk mk2 and ftr i would like to thank peter laidler who allowed me to reproduce an online post that he wrote that covers off nicely the ftr and subsequent upgrades. During the second world war, the factory produced more than. This township, having a wedgelike form, lies on the west and northwest of west derby and fazakerley. The markings used by bsa are different to those used by rof fazakerley, which also did conversions. Is there a good resource for serial numbers so i can determine date of manufacture and arsenal. The import mark on the left side of the receiver reads. The no5 began production in 1944 and they were made either at the royal ordinance factory in fazakerley, liverpool, or by the birmingham small arms company, shirley. Hi guys, new to this forum i am usually a garand guy. Rof fazakerley was a royal ordnance factory rifle manufacturing plant in fazakerley, liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the sten and sterling submachine guns and leeenfield rifle during and after world war ii.
Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. Rof fazakerley was a royal ordnance factory rifle manufacturing plant in fazakerley, liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the sten and sterling submachine guns and leeenfield rifle during and after world war ii rof fazakerley and rof maltby were established before world war ii to increase arms production facilities in areas less vulnerable to aerial attack. The bulk being from the royal ordinance factory maltby, rof fazakerley, bsa shirley, with smaller quantities at longbranch in toronto canada and by the stevenssavage company of chicopee falls, massachusetts, usa. The crown, stopgate lane 1950 old photos, historical pictures. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of fazakerley. Picked up an excellent no 4 mk2 in essentially unissued condition, sn vf55a2441, all matching. Saf was applied by the lithgow factory to certain export sales and sr for lithgow sectionized rifles.
More details on serial numbers will also be found in the new book, the broad arrow. Fazakerley in liverpool england is located in united kingdom about 179 mi or 288 km northwest of london, the countrys capital. North west europe, second world war home front, uk, second world war 31541. I dont think long branch would have printed six digits. At this writing the no5 serial number survey supports this assertian as the latest serial number we have recorded for rof is ac6252. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The flash eliminator more likely a flash directing cone front site, and bayonet lug. University hospital aintree nhs foundation trust is so called today to. Basic enfield identification and the facts about serial. Royal ordnance factory rof fazakerley, england model. Managers of the new factory were drawn from the royal arsenal and rsaf enfield. Royal ordnance factories rofs was the collective name of the uk governments munitions factories during and after the second world war.
Hannah fazakerley has 588 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the day i was erased by lisa thompson and podkin oneear by kieran larwood. Munitions factories find ancestors boards genes reunited. The fazakerley local history group produced a book fazakerley. Then all existing savage made parts and rifles were shipped to longbranch. This particular rifle appears to have seen some serious field use judging by the warworn stock. The royal ordnance factory fazakerley, more commonly known as rof fazakerley, was a british stateowned firearms manufacturer established in 1941. Rof fazakerley manufactured 164,000 sterlings between 1956 and 1960, after which production of the weapon ended permanently rof fazakerley was a royal ordnance factory rifle manufacturing plant in fazakerley, liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the sten and sterling 1 2 3 submachine guns and leeenfield rifle during and. Enfield no4 mk2 serial numbers parallaxbills curio. Rof fazakerley was formed from some 300 acres of housing at long lane in liverpool, with the liverpool corporation transforming it into rof fazakerley in 1941 after it was acquired by the british armed forces. Adam hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. Unlike wraparound bolt designs like the uzi, the sterling was capable of being truly silenced with standard 9mm ball ammunition as opposed to being merely supressed. Even the offer of the secretive l2a3 sterling and l1a1 rifle contract couldnt. A brief history of enfield rifles university of idaho.
Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques. Unlike romance books think mills and boen exotica is a little hotter. The fazakerley area is located in north liverpool, with neighbouring districts that include croxteth. Until privatisation, in 1987, they were the responsibility of the ministry of supply, and later the ministry of defence. Scouse english glossary by fred fazakerley goodreads. The machinery from rof fazakerley was sold to pakistan ordnance factories pof in rawalpindi where production and repair of the no. A small arms manufacturer based in fazakerley, liverpool, from which it got its name, rof fazakerley was responsible for manufacturing some amount of weapons for the united kingdoms war effort.
The local timezone is named europe london with an utc offset of one hour. Manufacture generally assumed to have ceased december of 1947. Fazakerley production generally given to be 169,807, with an unspecified number to be added. Produced by rof fazakerley and by bsashirley from 1944 until 1947. Fazakerley was once a rural village far from the city of liverpool. Book a vet appointment at adams vets wavertree and fazakerley.
The guns of dagenham download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Yet again, once the sequence of numbers caped out letter prefixes were used to start the sequence over. It seems possible that the bsa conversions were done for nonbritish government contracts, and that previous markings were scrubbed and new serials were applied. This enfield appears to have been manufactured in 1943 by rof fazakerley. The fazakerley area is located in north liverpool, with neighbouring districts that include croxteth, aintree and kirkby some of the notable features of the area are fazakerley railway station, altcourse prison and aintree university hospital unusually, part of fazakerley is in the neighbouring borough council of knowsley, with the boundary running down copple house lane.
The sten submachine gun officially the carbine, machine, sten was developed to fulfill the pressing british need for large quantities of cheaply produced weapons after dunkirk, when german invasion was a very real possibility. Fazakerley and maltby, unless im confused again, wereare postwar government owned arsenals. Buy scouseenglish glossary by fred fazakerley isbn. History of university hospital aintree 1898 today lost liverpool. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated. The lee enfield no 4 rifle mk 1 was produced by a variety of different manufacturers in england. But once industry and rail connections arrived, its growth began. At the 2001 census it had a population of 15,062, increasing to 16,786 at the 2011 census. Wartime guns all had letter prefixes, but each maker had a different number after the prefix to differentiate manufacturers. I have been fascinated by the history of fazakerley, walton and the surrounding area for as long as i can remember. These included rof fazakerley, bsa, and rof maltby.
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