Making ammunition cases, Waring and Gillow factory, Lancaster, Lancashire, January 1917. Artist: H Bedford Lemere.


Making ammunition cases, Waring and Gillow factory, St Leonard's Gate, Lancaster, Lancashire, January 1917. Workers, including girls, involved in the production of ammunition cases. One of a series of photographs for furniture manufacturers Waring and Gillow. During the First World War their factories in Lancaster and London were used for the war effort, producing aircraft components and ammunition cases.


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