World War, 1914-1918, War Work
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Coventry City Council - Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/3
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir John Charles Walsham Reith, Lord Reith, from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson asking for help in an attempt to have Percy Johnson-Marshall excused active service in World War II, so that he could continue to work on reconstruction for Coventry City Architect's Department .
Dates:
15 March 1941
Munition Work Record of the Falkirk Iron Coy, Ltd.
Item
Identifier: Coll-2118
Scope and Contents
This is a photograph album recording the First World War work of the Falkirk Iron Company, a cast iron goods manufacturer that switched to the production of munitions in 1915. The photographer is not named. As a "Government Controlled Establishment", the Falkirk Iron Company produced 10,000 tons of munitions, many of these delivered by women, who feature prominently in the photographs. A printed note to the front paste down of the album gives a detailed breakdown of the munitions produced,...
Dates:
1915-1918