His mother Mary was one of the 35 women killed by the Barnbow munitions explosion in 1916.
A governing board was organized to oversee construction on the new site, which was earmaked for Barnbow, situated between Cross Gates and Garforth.
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Shells were already being filled and armed at Leeds Forge Company, based at Armley, which by August 1915 was filling 10,000 shells per week.
Steve Pitchford worked as a highly skilled miller in several Engineering companies in Leeds and was held in high regard at Crabtree Vickers, the Printing Press manufacturers on Water Lane in the City, and, after the closure of that company, at the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) at Barnbow in East Leeds, where he was renowned for his good nature.
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