Bombs - Guns - Weapons
Nov. 13, 1953 - Press visit to the central Ammunition depot at Corsham, Wilts: A first visit by a Press Party to the Central Ammunition Depot at Corsham, Wilts. took place today. This is the only Army Ammunition depot of its type in the country. Spread over almost 30 square miles of country, it consists of a headquarters and three sub depots and a marshaling acres underground. It has been in use since 1938. Photo shows 15 inch high explosive shells in the No.1 sub depot underground ammunition dump. They were recaptured from the Japanese at Singapore
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