Hamptons Munitions Works, Belvedere Road, Lambeth,

Photograph taken July 1916 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BL 23561/42

An interior view of a workshop where men are making aircraft propellor blades at Hamptons Munitions Works in Belvedere Road. The floor is covered in wood shavings. During World War I many factories were converted to support the war effort.

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Greater London Lambeth

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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.

Hamptons Munitions Works, Belvedere Road, Lambeth,

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