Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside

Photograph taken 1917 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BL/24001/113

These women are checking shells to ensure that they meet the standards set; an irregular shell may explode in the barrel of the gun. Rigorous controls were applied to the manufacturing processes at this site, which still managed to produce nearly 5,000 shells a week.

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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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