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English manufactur!!!

Fusse2004

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Which manufacturer has these abbreviations used in English Bomb Fuze and Nose? R.L - P.L - P.G - W.S.S.M. - S.L.P. - B.L.T. Bin for each hint.
 
B.L.T. not known - However B. Ltd. is Bryce Ltd. Hackbridge, Surrey.
P.G. possibly Prideaux Ltd, of Devon
P.L. - Plessey Ltd.
R.L. - Royal Laboratory, Woolwich.
S.L.P. not known
W.S.S.M. - Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co., Ltd., Witton, Birmingham.

TimG
 
I have no documents to hand, however I suspect there are as follows;

Joseph Bradbury & Sons, Braintree, Essex.

Guest & Chrimes, Rotherham, Yorks.

TimG
 
CORRECTION

G & C is not Guest & Chrimes but most likely to be Gaskell & Chambers Ltd., Dale End Works, Birmingham.

TimG
 
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