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• ERNEST BEVIN VISITS NO 11 ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, UK, c 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Minister of Labour, Ernest Bevin, MP, talks to Ruby Loftus during a visit to No 11 Royal Ordnance Factory, Newport. Miss Loftus was the subject of a painting by Dame Laura Knight.

• ERNEST BEVIN VISITS NO 11 ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, UK, c 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Minister of Labour, Ernest Bevin MP, looks on as a cook adds a blob of jam to the rice pudding she is serving up for him, during his visit to No 11 Royal Ordnance Factory, Newport.

• ERNEST BEVIN VISITS A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, c 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Minister of Labour, Ernest Bevin, MP, stands on the stage at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain, to address an audience of factory workers. The factory orchestra is also just visible on the stage.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A female munitions worker explains to HM Queen Elizabeth how fuse caps are made, during a royal visit to the Leyland factory.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth talk to a woman operating a fuse testing machine during a visit to the Leyland factory.

• HM QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS A TENT FACTORY, UK

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  HM Queen Elizabeth speaks to a group of workers during a visit to a factory making tents for the Royal Air Force, somewhere in Britain.

• HM QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS A TENT FACTORY, UK

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth speaks to a worker during a visit to a factory making tents for the Royal Air Force, somewhere in Britain. The worker is almost hidden by the large sheet of fabric on which she is working.

• HM QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS A TENT FACTORY, UK

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth talks to Lourdes Montegrifo, a young refugee from Gibraltar who is now working on the manufacture of tents for the Royal Air Force at a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• HM QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS A TENT FACTORY, UK

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth speaks to a worker during a visit to a factory making tents for the Royal Air Force. The worker is making a marquee at a large sewing machine. A large Union flag adorns the desk.

• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Women in Industry: Six women painters at work on a Ministry of Supply site, where houses were being built for arms workers.

• WAR INDUSTRY: STEN GUN PRODUCTION, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Mrs Wardle makes Sten gun parts at an ordnance factory somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: STEN GUN PRODUCTION, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Mrs Penny Ferringer wears protective goggles as she works on a grinder at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Sergeant T Baxter helps workers to fill a bomb during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A Royal Air Force officer joins women war workers at a bench as he attempts to make exploder pellets during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain. He is wearing a mob cap on his head, similar to those worn by the women, although it looks...

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A large crowd of war workers and several men of the Royal Air Force (barely visible in the crowd) smile and wave for the camera following the RAF visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Three members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew watch anti-aircraft shells being made by women war workers during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM King George VI talks to a munitions worker at her machine during a visit to ROF Thorp Arch.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth talks to munitions workers at their machines during a visit to ROF Thorp Arch.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth talks to a forge man, Mr H Greenwood, during a visit to ROF Thorp Arch. HM The Queen is carrying a large bouquet of flowers.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM Queen Elizabeth is fitted with special shoes by a munitions worker before she can enter the 'danger' area of ROF Thorp Arch. The area of the factory where workers change from their outdoor clothes (the 'dirty' side) into their factory clothes and...

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth talk to a munitions worker as she stands at her machine, during a visit to ROF Thorp Arch.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth talk to women munitions workers during a visit to ROF Thorp Arch.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THORP ARCH ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WETHERBY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Munitions workers cheer and clap as HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth leave ROF Thorp Arch following a visit to watch the women at work in this filling factory.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A portrait of crane operators Mrs Thyra Hyde and Miss Doris Cunningham at an industrial site, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: STEN GUN PRODUCTION, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A Belgian worker assembles a Sten gun at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN UNDERGROUND FACTORY, NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, c 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A portrait of a woman war worker as she operates a machine producing 20mm cannon shells at an underground factory on the Wirral.

• SALVAGING MATERIAL FROM THE WRECKAGE OF A BOMB DAMAGED FACTORY, c 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A woman war worker salvages a typewriter from the wreckage of a bombed out factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN UNDERGROUND FACTORY, NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, c 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A portrait of a woman war worker as she operates a machine producing 20mm cannon shells at an underground factory on the Wirral.

• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Women in Industry: Two British munitions girls wearing “no-coupon” clogs which were specially designed for women in Royal Ordnance factories. They were particularly suitable for the dangerous explosive shops.

• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Women in Industry: Women at work packing army spares in a factory taken over by the Army Ordnance Corps.

• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Women in Industry: At a Royal Ordnance factory in north-west England, where women were employed to test Sten guns before delivery to the army. Mrs Gladys Martin is pictured shooting at targets in the factory's covered range.

• BRITISH POLITICAL PERSONALITIES 1936-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  The Churchill Coalition Government 11 May 1940 - 23 May 1945: Captain Oliver Lyttelton, the Minister of Production, watching girls at work on dynamos during a visit to a war factory.

• BRITISH POLITICAL PERSONALITIES 1936-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  The Churchill Coalition Government 11 May 1940 - 23 May 1945: Ernest Bevin MP, the Minister of Labour and National Service from May 1940, taking his place in the queue for lunch with women war production workers at a Government factory. Bevin had been...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Munitions production: Fuses being assembled in a die casting factory. This work was carried out almost exclusively by women.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  War workers involved in the hot extrusion of brass at a factory somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  War worker involved in the hot extrusion of brass at a factory somewhere in Britain.