Ministry of Munitions
Other Business Names:
- Moulton, Lord
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
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Chemical production
Explosives & fuses production
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Government & government agency business related services
Government procurement services
Notes:
Established 1915 to oversee, co-ordinate and increase production and distribution of munitions and materials from which they were made. Sometime oversaw production in 20,000 factories and set up a number of munitions factories. Closed 1921. Lord Moulton was an important figure, being Director General on its formation and, before that, Director General of the Department of Explosive Supplies at the War Office
Publications:
- Alfred Herbert Ltd and the British Machine Tool Industry, 1887-1983 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Arming the Western Front War. Business and the state in Britain 1900–1920 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Arms and the Wizard. Lloyd George and the Ministry of Munitions by Adams, R J Q
- British shell shortage of the First World War by Harding, Phillip
- Great Munitions Feat, 1914-1918 by Dewar, George A B
- History of the Ministry of Munitions by Various authors or editors
- 'Lancashire and the Great War. The organisation and supply of munitions to the Western Front' in J Wilson (ed), King Cotton. A tribute to Douglas A Farnie by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Life of Lord Moulton by Moulton, H Fletcher
- Manufacturing and the Great War by Osborne, Wayne D
- Manufacturing and the Great War by Osborne, Wayne D
- Ministry of Munitions, 1915-19, and government accounting procedures by Marriner, Sheila
- 'Ministry of Munitions. An innovatory department' in K Burk (ed), War and the State. The transformation of British government, 1914-1919 by Wrigley, Chris
- Moulton and the transforming aftermath of the chemist's war by Fletcher, John
- Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888 to 1923 by Sambrook, Stephen C
- Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923 by Sambrook, Stephen C
- Sir Eric Geddes. Business and government in war and peace by Grieves, Keith
- 'War and economic development. Government and the optical instruments industry in Britain, 1914-18' in J M Winter (ed), War and Economic Development. Essays in Memory of David Joslin by MacLeod, Roy, & Kay MacLeod
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Moulton, Lord
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
- Chemical production Explosives & fuses production
- Government & government agency business related services Government procurement services
Notes:
Established 1915 to oversee, co-ordinate and increase production and distribution of munitions and materials from which they were made. Sometime oversaw production in 20,000 factories and set up a number of munitions factories. Closed 1921. Lord Moulton was an important figure, being Director General on its formation and, before that, Director General of the Department of Explosive Supplies at the War OfficePublications:
- Alfred Herbert Ltd and the British Machine Tool Industry, 1887-1983 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Arming the Western Front War. Business and the state in Britain 1900–1920 by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Arms and the Wizard. Lloyd George and the Ministry of Munitions by Adams, R J Q
- British shell shortage of the First World War by Harding, Phillip
- Great Munitions Feat, 1914-1918 by Dewar, George A B
- History of the Ministry of Munitions by Various authors or editors
- 'Lancashire and the Great War. The organisation and supply of munitions to the Western Front' in J Wilson (ed), King Cotton. A tribute to Douglas A Farnie by Lloyd-Jones, Roger, & Myrddin J Lewis
- Life of Lord Moulton by Moulton, H Fletcher
- Manufacturing and the Great War by Osborne, Wayne D
- Manufacturing and the Great War by Osborne, Wayne D
- Ministry of Munitions, 1915-19, and government accounting procedures by Marriner, Sheila
- 'Ministry of Munitions. An innovatory department' in K Burk (ed), War and the State. The transformation of British government, 1914-1919 by Wrigley, Chris
- Moulton and the transforming aftermath of the chemist's war by Fletcher, John
- Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888 to 1923 by Sambrook, Stephen C
- Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923 by Sambrook, Stephen C
- Sir Eric Geddes. Business and government in war and peace by Grieves, Keith
- 'War and economic development. Government and the optical instruments industry in Britain, 1914-18' in J M Winter (ed), War and Economic Development. Essays in Memory of David Joslin by MacLeod, Roy, & Kay MacLeod