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Accident Books


 


 

This is a list of the persons mentioned in two accident books relating to the Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green.

ROF Radway Green was built in early 1940 to produce ammunition for the British Army, a task which it still carries out today as part of the BAe Systems group.
Careful examination of the original of the official photograph above, taken during the building of the factory, shows machinery already installed ready for production to start, even before the roof and walls were finished. Britain needed ammunition badly.

It was the women of the country who provided it.

The workforce for Radway Green numbered many thousands, and they lived all over the area. The site is on the southern edge of Cheshire, very close to the Staffordshire border. Many of the workers from further afield lived in a specially built hostel in Alsager; others would lodge with local families. Women are likely to have been sent to Radway Green from other parts of the country to do "war work".

The accident books are just two of those which came to light recently during a clear-out in the old Administration Block. They cover the periods 21 February 1944 to 26 March 1944 and 7 May 1944 to 19 June 1944. These books and many other records have now been handed over to the National Archives.

The original books contain the following headings:-

Full name, Address and Occupation of Injured Workman
Signature of Injured Workman or other person making this Entry
Date when Entry made
Date of Accident
Room or Place where Accident happened
Cause and Nature of Injury

The accident books contain details of persons who may still be alive, so I am unable to make the full details publicly available. This list contains only the first and last names of the injured party, and the township where the casualty lived (where known). The original book normally gives a full postal address, and the time of the accident is usually shown - the factory worked day and night.

The injuries mentioned here are almost entirely of a nature we would describe as minor. In most workplaces today they would probably go unreported, but when you are dealing with explosives, a graze to an ankle might become contaminated, with serious consequences for health.

Many of the persons are mentioned more than once - these people did a dangerous job in a dangerous place. Some of the entries probably relate to the same person, but the address is different, or one entry gives only an initial for the first name. There may well be errors in my transcription - the original was handwritten.

If you believe that one of your relatives, or even yourself, is mentioned, I would be happy to send the images of the relevant pages by email. Please contact me at andrewalston(at)hotmail.com. Note that the records are only for personal use and not for publication without the permission of the National Archives.


 

First nameSurnamePlace
GladysAdamsHanley
EthelAllenSmallthorne
MaryBaddeleyHanley
BrendaBaileyPackmoor
ConnieBaileyTunstall
ElsieBaileyBurslem
EthelBaileyTunstall
LilyBaileyMacclesfield
SarahBaileySmallthorne
BlanseBallTunstall
IvyBallDresden
IvyBallTunstall
WBallBignall End
EvelynBarberPittshill
HildaBarberCobridge
BerylBarnardChesterton
BettyBarnettCliffe Vale
DorisBarnettFenton
EBarnettHanley
KathleenBartlettAlsager
WBayfieldAlsager
WinifredBaysfieldAlsager
IBeddoesAlsager
EBellTunstall
HBennettCobridge
ABentleyChell
AnneBentleyChell
JBentleyMeir
DBirksLongton
HildaBlackshaweTalke
LavenaBlairAlsager
AdaBooneHanley
HildaBoothMeir
EBosleyCobridge
ElsieBostockSandyford
MarjorieBoultonBiddulph
BarbaraBowersNewcastle
BarbaraBradleyLeek
LanceBradshawAlsager
WBradyAlsager Bank
AgnesBroadChatterley
AnnBroadbridgeAbbey Hulton
RoseBroganAlsager
NellieBromleyAlsager
CBrookesBurslem
BerylBrownAlsager
MaryBrownFenton
NBrundrettGoldenhill
NoraBrundrettGoldenhill
LBurgessFenton
MBurrowsLeek
GladysCammCongleton
BarbaraCapeMeir
LilyCapestickHanley
FlorenceCarterTunstall
MaryCarterPackmoor
PhyllisCarterFenton
FlorenceCartlidgeHanley
MayCartlidgeBurslem
HildaCartwrightWest End
HildaCartwrightOakhill
VCaterhamTunstall
AdaCatonGoldenhill
RChegwinChesterton
DorothyClarkeAlsager
HannahClarkeNewcastle
JennieClementsAlsager
BettyClowesLightwood
EthelCollinsBiddulph
BerylCookeCongleton
HildaCookeAlsager
MillicentCookeStoke
ECopeLongton
HannahCorlessCongleton
GladysCornesBasford
EthelCornwellAlsager
DaisyCozensAlsager
MarjorieCroftAlsager
SheilaCrossBignall End
RoseDaleMeir Heath
AlmaDarlingtonPorthill
AdaDawsonBaddeley Green
MargaretDeakinTunstall
AnnieDeanAudley
EmilyDeanTunstall
ADeavilleEtruria
CatherineDillonMeir
HannahDimmockMeir
MaryDoonbarBiddulph
ElsieDoyleAlsager
EdithDudleyRed Street
NellieDunkleyParthill
BettyDunnAlsager
EDurberBignal End
JessieDurberTalke
DDuresmithLongton
AdaEdgeBiddulph
DorothyElliotAlsager
DorothyEmbertonSmallthorne
CEvansNewchapel
EEvansLongport
EmmieEvansTunstall
AnneFairbanksGoldenhill
VeraFairbanksAudley
TeresaFawcettAlsager
WinifredFinneyBasford
HFlanaganKnutton
WinifredFlanaganCongleton
H EFletcherFenton
D GForresterTunstall
DorisForresterTunstall
HelenFosterAlsager
GGatesAlsager
MarionGatleyHanley
AGilbertAlsager
FlorenceGirlingAlsager
FlorenceGlassWeston Cayney
AnneGloverSmallthorne
LGloverLong Bridge Hayes
JessieGoodwinSmallwood
NellieGouldBradeley
IvyGradyAbbey Hulton
KathleenGreavesShelton
MaryGreenBuglawton
WinifredGregoryBrindley Ford
HannahGriffithsBurslem
MHackettKidsgrove
HildaHackneyMow Cop
WinifredHalfpennyTunstall
JoyceHallNewcastle
MaryHallAlsager
ElsieHammondChesterton
EthelHammondTunstall
EHancockPackmoor
MaudHancockBurslem
MurielHardingScholar Green
DorisHaroldFenton
PHarrisAlsager Bank
LHarrisonBignall End
MargaretHarrisonTunstall
RubyHartlyCrewe
MHaweGoldenhill
MayHawkinsTrent Vale
AnnHaywardNormacot
FlorenceHeathMeir
MurielHeathAlsager
DorothyHenshallCongleton
DorothyHicktonBurslem
MaryHillNormacot
NancyHolmesNewcastle
BettyHopeLongton
MHouHanley
VioletHowarthAlsager
AliceHowleHalmerend
DHudsonLongton
MillyHulmeLeek
SJacksonLongton
BerylJamesBucknall
IreneJenkinsLongton
MayJenningsHarrishead
BJohnsonBignall
VeraJohnsonChell
AJonesMiddleport
DoraJonesHassall Green
EJonesCongleton
EthelJonesHassall Green
JoyceJonesKidsgrove
MinnieKilnerLongport
HarrietKnottBrown Edge
GladysLargeWood Lane
EdnaLawtonHalmerend
ElsieLawtonBrown Edge
IreneLawtonBirches Head
DorisLeeseMow Cop
LLubyKidsgrove
LaviniaLubyKidsgrove
AnnMacDonaldAlsager
MaryMachinBurslem
NMachinAlsager
MadgeMansfieldPorthill
PeggyMarshallAlsager
LilyMayerBurslem
GMcDonaldAlsager
JeanMcKeandAlsager
MargaretMcKinneyAlsager
AnnMcNicholasKidsgrove
KathleenMcNicholasKidsgrove
TheresaMeakinTunstall
MaryMellorMilton
VeraMelvilleMeir
HildaMercerPittshill
ElsieMerrickNewcastle
DorothyMiddletonMile House
ElaineMillwardCobridge
MargaretMilwardLongton
AnnieMintonKnutton
NancyMitchellTunstall
LMooreHanley
DorothyMorrisAlsager
PhylissMosesBrown Edge
EMountcastleAlsager
AMountfordBiddulph
BettyMountfordBurslem
MayMountfordCongleton
KNeateGoldenhill
MarionNewtonMacclesfield
MillicentNichollsMeir
NellieNichollsDresden
EvaNorwoodBiddulph
ANuttyTalke
LucyOldfieldNewcastle
AnnOtterBignal End
AParkinAlsager
FlorencePawsonAlsager
BPepperNewcastle
IrenePhillipsSilverdale
MaryPickfordTunstall
IrenePintonTrent Vale
MPlattBignall End
RosePlowrightAlsager
AnniePooleGoldenhill
FlorencePooleBiddulph
FlorencePooleBoothen
FlorencePooleKnypersley
AnnPotterShelton
MayPotterFenton
EvelynPriceSandyford
MPrinceGoldenhill
MarjorieRadcliffeLongton
MargaretRaffertyDimsdale
MarjorieRatcliffeCocknage
RoseRatcliffeTunstall
BrendaReadeMilton
GladysRedfernNorthwood
EmilyReynoldsBucknell
EmilyRhodesFenton
GRigbyBlurton
GladysRigbyBlurton
CRobertsTunstall
IRobertsBurslem
KathleenRobertsAlsager
MabelRobertsTunstall
NorahRodgersTunstall
KRossAlsager
LilyRoweBurslem
MollyRoweAlsager
MurielRowleyCobridge
MSharkeyAlsager
EShentonNewcastle
AlmaShropshireTunstall
EvelynSimkinTunstall
AnnieSkerrattWolstanton
EvelynSkerrattHanley
JennieSkerrattWolstanton
MinnieSmirkeFenton
AliceSmithAlsager
E GSmithAlsager
MillicentSmithHanley
MSnapeBasford
SarahSouthernBucknall
JoanStaleyLongton
MillicentStaleyLongton
EStanistreet
GStanleyCobridge
AgnesSteadBurslem
IreneStevensNewcastle
MillieStillitanoAlsager
AStonehouseBurslem
MonaStubbsAlsager
OliveStubbsNantwich
BSturgessFenton
KathleenSullivanSandyford
ETamsTunstall
ElizabethTamsTunstall
MaryTaylorAlsager
NellieTaylorTunstall
DorisThomasPorthill
WinifredThomasAlsager
AlmaThompsonBurslem
ElsieThorleyNormacot
AlmaThwaitesAlsager
VeraTomkinsonCongleton
FlorenceTrevorHaslington
BerylTunnicliffeHanley
JessieTurnerScott Hay
MabelTurnerKidsgrove
KVickersNewcastle
KayVickersNewcastle
IreneVigressLeek
IdaWaineHanley
CatherineWakefieldBurslem
ConnieWalkerBasford
LWalkerWolstanton
JoanWardLongport
MaryWardleNorton
BettyWarrenAlsager
IdaWarrenMeir
EWashingtonBurslem
MillicentWashingtonBiddulph
BettyWebbKidsgrove
ElizabethWebbKidsgrove
VeraWelchKidsgrove
DorothyWhiteTunstall
MarjorieWhiteNewcastle
MarjorieWhiteMay Bank
EvelynWilcoxScholar Green
MaryWildeBiddulph
EffieWilkinsonAlsager
MillicentWilkinsonMeir
JoanWilliamsLeek
HannahWilliamsonMow Cop
DWilshawButt Lane
MargaretWilsonShelton
NellieWindsorKidsgrove
ElsieWiseBetley
AnnieWoodCongleton
DaisyWoodSandyford
JennyWoolleyHanley
PhylissWoolliscroftHanley
LilyWorrallCongleton
RoseWorthingtonLeek
AWrightTunstall
GladysWrightTunstall
IvyWrightTunstall
JWrightBurslem
JessicaWrightAlsager
MaryWrightTunstall
VioletWrightHarrishead
GladysYatesLittle Chell
JoyceYatesLeek
MayYatesBignall
AnnieYeomanKidsgrove