SCRAP METAL CAMPAIGN
10,000 CAVALRY SWORDS RELEASED WAR OFFICE’S CONTRIBUTION I British Official Wireless) (Rec. 1.10 p.m.) Rugby, May 16. Ten thousand cavalry swords have been released by the War Office for the Ministry of Supplies scrap metal campaign and will be converted without delay into new munitions. Swords ; and scabbards sent forward under this arrangement weigh 22 1-3 tons.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 6
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60SCRAP METAL CAMPAIGN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 6
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