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- H.M. Factory, Gretna was the United Kingdom's largest cordite factory in World War I. The government-owned facility was adjacent to the Solway Firth, near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway. It was built by the Ministry of Munitions in response to the Shell Crisis of 1915. The capital cost was £9,184,000 and it covered 9000 acres. The cost of working it from September 1916 to September 1918 was £12,769,000, during which time it produced cordite valued at £15,000,000, though it was claimed that without it the cordite would have had to be imported from the USA at a cost of £23,600,000. , Eastriggs, Dumfriesshire, commemorates the efforts of these workers during the First World War. (en)
- His Majesty's Factory, Gretna ou en abrégé HM Factory, Gretna est une grande usine de production de cordite construite lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, à cheval sur la frontière entre l'Écosse et l'Angleterre, à Gretna, pour subvenir aux besoins en explosif de l'armée anglaise et des forces du Commonwealth britannique. (fr)
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- His Majesty's Factory, Gretna ou en abrégé HM Factory, Gretna est une grande usine de production de cordite construite lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, à cheval sur la frontière entre l'Écosse et l'Angleterre, à Gretna, pour subvenir aux besoins en explosif de l'armée anglaise et des forces du Commonwealth britannique. (fr)
- H.M. Factory, Gretna was the United Kingdom's largest cordite factory in World War I. The government-owned facility was adjacent to the Solway Firth, near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway. It was built by the Ministry of Munitions in response to the Shell Crisis of 1915. The capital cost was £9,184,000 and it covered 9000 acres. The cost of working it from September 1916 to September 1918 was £12,769,000, during which time it produced cordite valued at £15,000,000, though it was claimed that without it the cordite would have had to be imported from the USA at a cost of £23,600,000. (en)
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