A collection displayed at Windsor Castle by George V following the First World War
MILLS MUNITION FACTORY [BIRMINGHAM]
Mills bomb
twentieth centuryRCIN 69499
The Mills bomb was developed and manufactured at William Mills's factory in Birmingham. It was the most common hand grenade used by the British troops during the First World War. The perforated edges enabled it to fragment into many pieces of cast iron on explosion, creating maximum damage. Soldiers were taught to throw Mills bombs in the same way that they would bowl cricket balls.
