Hamptons Munitions Works, Lambeth, London

During World War I many civilian factories were adapted to making munitions and equipment for the war effort. These women are working in a factory that normally made furniture, but here they are attaching webbing to wooden staves, possibly to be used as buckboards in the trenches.

Location

Greater London Lambeth

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Tags

industry factory interior war work worker women clothing world war one (1914 - 1919) world one first ww1 wwi