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Ministry of Supply Factory, Dalbeattie - View of Nitration Hills, Unit 2 (Edingham)

Ministry of Supply Factory, Dalbeattie
World War II Cordite Works

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Munitions Workers' Roll of Honour :-

Key Points :-

  • 3,000 office, technical and factory staff, over 2,000 of them women.
  • Need for an equivalent to a War Memorial for them.
  • Staff and their families invited to submit names.
  • Alphabetical listing of Surnames.
  • Recollections and details of duties needed.
  • Contact Roll of Honour to submit details.

Manager, Mr. Moore
Manager, Mr. Moore

Foreman, Charlie White
Foreman, Charlie White

Forewoman, Jean Burnie
Forewoman, Jean Burnie

Go to Gallery of Staff Pictures to identify more staff at MS Factory Dalbeattie.


Roll of Honour of Staff at the M/S Factory Dalbeattie -
Index of Surnames / Number of Names : Total at 13/09/2008 : 245

Names A :

6

Names B :

21

Names C :

17

Names D :

8

Names E :

4

Names F :

6

Names G :

9

Names H :

21

Names I :

3

Names J :

6

Names K :

6

Names L :

11

Names Mc / Mac :

37

Names M :

22

Names N :

5

Names O :

2

Names P :

5

Names Q :

2

Names R :

16

Names S :

21

Names T :

7

Names UV :

1

Names W :

8

Names XYZ :

1

Introduction...

The thousands of men and women who worked at Ministry of Supply Factory Dalbeattie have lived and died for the most part without recognition or acknowledgement. As indicated on the site index, this has triggered the writer's decision to make the website and carry out the necessary research. Although only a handful were still alive in 2006, it was worth the effort gathering their recollections and recording those here. My particular thanks to Miss Jean Burnie and Mrs. Elizabeth MacIntyre for their encyclopedic memories of the staff they knew or worked with.

Please Note : Names are primarily listed according to Surname at the time they worked in the Factory, so may be a Maiden surname in the case of many of the women. Cross-referencing will be done presently.

Staff identified only by First or Nicknames :

Women :-
Susan (graffiti),
Poem 'Farewell to Shift Two' : Coco, Alma, Nell, 'wee Peggy', 'Jess and Bess o' the Snokers', 'Canteen Workers Nancy, Isa, Kate', 'big Aggie'

Men :-
Poem 'Farewell to Shift Two' : 'auld Charlie the foreman', 'wee Tammy', 'Bill and his half hour of sunshine'.

Memoirs and Accounts :

Memoirs of former staff and what they told their relatives are being recorded on this site as an ongoing project. Please go to Staff Memories for a list of the online information.

Roll of Honour Additions :

Site visitors with information are invited to contact webmaster@dalbeattie.com, preferably with contact information such as name and phone.
I look forwards to discussing your family involvement in M/S Factory Dalbeattie and RNAD Dalbeattie.
- Richard Edkins.

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