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    Munitions worker’s record, 1938

    Jun 30, 2020 3 minutes
    INTERVIEW BY ROSEMARY COLLINS

    The Rotherwas estate in Herefordshire was used as a munitions factory in both world wars, manufacturing crucial ammunition for the British war effort. As well as many other documents, Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre (HARC) has the surviving records of the factory’s workers during the world wars. Here, archivist Marcus Buffrey shares one of the records in the collection.

    CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE RECORD?

    The form is marked “Royal Ordnance Factories, Woolwich

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