Mills Base Plug N°5 MKI

**Red Line** · 12-13-2011, 08:55 PM

Hello to all,
Someone could help me to identify the manufacturer of the Mills Base Plug No. 5 MKI on the picture please?
I've never seen before a Mills Plug No. 5 of 1917, always dated 1915 and 1916
when they stopped the manufacturing of the mills Plug No.5?
Thank in advance

**COLT 1911A1** · 12-15-2011, 08:23 AM

A quick search in the web, resulted that J.P. & S.W. was Union Works at Willenhall.
No J.P. alone. Anyway another member (Paul the grenade) may be of a help here.
Nos 5 & 23 were obsolete by the end of WWI and No 36 was used.
Regards, Thanos.

**Red Line** · 12-15-2011, 12:48 PM

by COLT 1911A1

A quick search in the web, resulted that J.P. & S.W. was Union Works at Willenhall.
No J.P. alone. Anyway another member (Paul the grenade) may be of a help here.
Nos 5 & 23 were obsolete by the end of WWI and No 36 was used.
Regards, Thanos.

Hi Colt 1911A1
It is well J.P and not J.P & S.W.
Early may be the two have worked together and then JP alone?
I know that the use the plug Mills No. 5 throughout the war but when it stopped the manufacturing of the N°5? never saw a plug N°5 from 1917 or 1918.

**Adrian Stevenson** · 12-15-2011, 01:03 PM

I am seeing this as "JR". Cannot help, sorry. Not listed on the Mills Bomb site.

Cheers, Ade.

**Red Line** · 12-15-2011, 02:35 PM

Thank Ade,
All the manufacturers are not in the Mills Bomb site, I have other manufacturers who are not on the website of David Sampson.

Regards
Red line

**Red Line** · 12-15-2011, 06:34 PM

here another from W.E.B Ltd (RoseBank Works, London SW6) first from
january 1916 and after changed in 1917
I think that the production of Mills plug N°5 have been arrested in January 1917???