The industrial facilities listed below are all known to have used tokens, checks and passes during the Great War as part of their operational practices. To view details and tokens emanating from  this category of issues select from the sub-section links below.

1) Royal Ordnance Factories (R.O.F.)

1.  Royal Ordnance Factory – Woolwich Arsenal – Woolwich,  Kent
   1. Royal Laboratory
   2. Quick-Firing Cartridge Factory No.4Cartridge Factory No.5
   3. Royal Carriage Department
2. Royal Small Arms Factory –  Enfield – Enfield, Middlesex
3. Royal Gun Powder Factory – Waltham Abbey – Waltham, Essex
4. Royal Army Clothing Factory – Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex
5. Royal Ordnance Depot – Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, 

2) His Majesty’s Explosives Factories (H.M.E.F.)

1. His Majesty’s Explosive Factory – Gretna – Gretna, Dumfriesshire
2. His Majesty’s Explosive Factory – Ellesmere Port – Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
3. His Majesty’s Explosive Factory – Langwith – Langwith, Derbyshire
4. His Majesty’s Explosive Factory – Pembrey – Pembrey-Burry Port, Camarthenshire
5. His Majesty’s Explosive Factory – Irvine – Irvine, Ayrshire

3) National Shell Factories (N.S.F.)

1. National Shell Factory – Liverpool – North Haymarket, Merseyside
2. National Shell Factory – Nottingham – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
3. National Shell Factory – Dundee – Dundee, Angus
4. National Shell Factory – Newport – Newport, Pembrokeshire
5. National Shell Factory – Leeds – Leeds, Yorkshire (Note 1)
6. National Shell Factories – Barnsley  Nos. 1 & 2 – Barnsley, Yorkshire (Note 2)
7. National Shell Factory – Newport – Maesglas, Gwent

Notes:

1.  There were three separate N.S.F.s in Leeds. These were located in Newlay, Armley Road and Goodman Street in Hunslet.
2. There were two separate N.S.F.s in Barnsley. These were located in the Dominion Works (Johnson Street) and the Hope Works (Sackville Street).

4) National Projectile Factories (N.P.F.)

1. National Projectile Factory – Birtley – Birtley, County Durham
2. National Projectile Factory – Lancaster – Lancaster, Lancashire
3. National Projectile Factory – Nottingham – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Note 1)
4. National Projectile Factory – Hackney Marshes – London, Middlesex
5. National Projectile Factory – Glasgow – Mile End, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
6. National Projectile Factory – Cardonald – Paisley, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
7. National Projectile Factory – Dudley – Dudley, Worcestershire

Notes:

1. In October 1917 the N.P.F., Nottingham became the National Ordnance Factory (N.O.F.), Nottingham.

5) National  Filling Factories (N.F.F.)

1. National Filling Factory No.1 – Barnbow – Leeds, Yorkshire
2. National Filling Factory No.2 – Liverpool  – Liverpool, Merseyside
3. National Filling Factory No.4 – Georgetown – Houston, Renfrewshire
4. National Filling Factory No.6 – Chilwell – Chilwell, Nottinghamshire
5. National Filling Factory No.13 – White Lund – Morecambe, Lancashire
6. National Filling Factory No.14 – Rotherwas, Herefordshire
7. National Filling Factory No.18 – Pembrey – Pembery-Port, Carmathenshire

6) National Fuse Factories (N.Fu.F.)

1. National Fuse Factory – Tipton – Tipton, Staffordshire

7) National Salvage Depots (N.S.D.)

1. National Salvage Depot – Blyth – Blyth, Northumberland

8) National Aircraft Factories (N.A.F.)

1. National Aircraft Factory No. 1  – Croydon – Waddon, Surrey
2. National Aircraft Factory No. 2 – Stockport – Heaton Chapel, Cheshire (Note 1)
3. National Aircraft Factory No. 3 – Aintree – Liverpool, Merseyside

Notes:

1. A factory at Ham near Kingston upon Thames in Surrey, leased and operated by Sopwith Aviation, was confusingly also referred to as National Aircraft Factory No. 2.

9) National Shipyards (N.S.)

1. National Shipyard No.1 – Chepstow – Chepstow, Monmouthshire
2. National Shipyard No.2 – Beachley – Beachley, Gloucestershire

10) Private Armaments, Explosives, Aircraft, Ship Building & Contract Engineering Companies

1. Vickers Group of Companies (various factory locations)
   1. Barrow, Cumberland
   2. Erith, Kent
   3. Sheffield, South Yorkshire
   4. Brookland, Surrey
   5. Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland
   6. Ipswitch, Suffolk
   7. Whitehead Torpedo Works, Weymouth, Dorset
2. Armstrong Whitworth Limited
3. Cammell Laird and Company
   1. Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire
4. Kynoch Limited
   1. Witton, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   2. Thames Explosive Works, Kynochtown, Essex
   3. Arklow Explosive Works, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
5. R.A. Lister & Company Limited, Dursley, Gloucestershire
6. Sir John Jackson Limited, Salisbury, Wiltshire
7. Coventry Ordnance Works Limited
8. James Mackie & Sons Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9. Dobson & Barlow Limited – Bolton & Bradley Fold, Lancashire, England
10. Church Iron Works Company Limited – Wigan, Lancashire, England
11. Greenwood & Batley Limited – Leeds, Yorkshire, England
12.  The Low Moor Chemical Company Limited – Low Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire, England

11) British Munitions Factory Tokens of Unknown Origin

1. Munition Makers’ Canteen Tokens
2. H.E. Mess Tokens
3. Amatol Canteen Tokens
4. F.I. Canteen Tokens

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