GRANVILLE Posted 17 January , 2014 Share Posted 17 January , 2014 Hopefully in the right section of the forum. Here's a photo of ammunition being handled at Chilwell Depot, Notts. Can anyone offer any more information about the distinctive logo on the side of the wagon? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 17 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2014 Interestingly, it's been brought to my attention that the same logo is used on the Chilwell Depot token, currently available on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360832073786?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D360832073786%26_rdc%3D1 David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 17 January , 2014 Share Posted 17 January , 2014 Looks like a C (for Chilwell?) linked to a reverse C. A logo that would not look out of place today. Though they wouldn't have called it a logo then. A trade mark? Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 17 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2014 Having now done a bit of reading about the Chilwell Depot I note that it was set up by Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwyn. I'm wondering if the two 'C's' are in some way part of a family crest? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 January , 2014 Share Posted 17 January , 2014 One of the officers I researched, 2nd Lt Ian Ronald Edwards-Crate, his father was secretary to Lord Chetwynd. Sad story, he, the officers father that is, had a breakdown and was last heard of living in a pauper hostel in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 20 January , 2014 Share Posted 20 January , 2014 Maybe the waggon owners just liked the smell of Chanel : http://sentsmemory.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/an-affair-to-remember-cuir-de-russie-chanel/chanel-logo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 20 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 January , 2014 Maybe the waggon owners just liked the smell of Chanel : http://sentsmemory.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/an-affair-to-remember-cuir-de-russie-chanel/chanel-logo/ Andrew, Very amusing! But then again...maybe you are right. The smell of cordite would have taken some overcoming when the girls finally got an evening off from the factory??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 20 January , 2014 Share Posted 20 January , 2014 In the other photo that you posted, it looks like the "logo" is part of the name of the factory rather that a railway company name. N.S.F.F F.6 "logo" = National Shell Filling Factory Factory #6 or maybe it's a symbol for the type of shell - both photos look to contain the same shells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 20 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 January , 2014 It is correct that Chilwell Depot was National Shell Filling Factory No.6 and was set up at the behest of the government along with the other NSFF's around the country. The difference with Chilwell was that Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd was personally invited to created the facility from scratch having first found a suitable site for the purpose (Chilwell). It appears he oversaw every aspect and was it's managing director, so with such a close association between the site and Chetwyn, it seems highly likely that the wagons were personalised to the site by means of the logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalist Posted 10 May , 2014 Share Posted 10 May , 2014 Another one visible on a wagon here, in 1917: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_shell_workers_Chilwell_1917_IWM_Q_30015.jpg The pair of "C"s is indeed a monogram for Chetwynd/Chilwell: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GOQPGFiLs5IC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=chilwell+monogram&source=bl&ots=wC2p9iDjfN&sig=ep4O_FbkeEPWivVtQkKlYptoG4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rnduU5jAEIKN0AXCsICgDg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=chilwell%20monogram&f=false - it looks like it was used on the structure of the buildings as well as other things. Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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