{"id":17317,"date":"2026-08-20T18:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=17317"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:55:31","slug":"white-phosphorus-misadventures-25-a-blazing-ammo-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=17317","title":{"rendered":"white phosphorus misadventures #25 A blazing ammo box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13557\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/p4-300x296.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/p4-300x296.png 300w, http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/p4.png 322w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further to many other stories concerning the military &#8220;use&#8221; of this dangerous evil chemical, this one from <strong>27th May 1950 Evening News\u00a0<\/strong>brings together some familiar pieces. &#8220;Unserviceable ammunition&#8221;- &#8220;boxes of 24 grenades&#8221;, and a &#8220;phosphorus peril&#8221; fire. If only there was a place where all of this crap could go central to AW&#8217;s factory&#8230;&#8230;.. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n<p>Of course we are talking AW bombs here, useless glass bottles manufactured in the millions by the pillocks from Oldbury just a few years earlier and never used for anything but demonstrations by the Home Guard and others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_20-8-2026_193954_www.britishnewspaperarchive.com_.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17318\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_20-8-2026_193954_www.britishnewspaperarchive.com_-125x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_20-8-2026_193954_www.britishnewspaperarchive.com_-125x300.jpeg 125w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_20-8-2026_193954_www.britishnewspaperarchive.com_.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further to many other stories concerning the military &#8220;use&#8221; of this dangerous evil chemical, this one from 27th May 1950 Evening News\u00a0brings together some familiar pieces. &#8220;Unserviceable ammunition&#8221;- &#8220;boxes of 24 grenades&#8221;, and a &#8220;phosphorus peril&#8221; fire. If only there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=17317\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17320,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17317\/revisions\/17320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}