Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside

Photograph taken 1917 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BL/24001/72

An important aspect of armament manufacturing is to ensure that all components, shells in this case, are identical. This man is carefully checking the dimensions of the shells before they are sent to the factory in Aintree, where they will be filled with high explosives.

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Merseyside Bootle

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World War One (1914 - 1919)

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Thousands of soldiers were stationed in training camps near to the village of Fovant, Wiltshire during the 1914-1918 war. In memory of those who died on the battlefields, many regiments created replica cap badges on the adjacent chalk downs by turf cutting and infilling with chalk. Although many badges have not survived, several were recently restored and are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside

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