During World War One, Kent's had a factory in Luton with over 3,000 workers, mostly Munitionettes, in this case producing fuses for artillery shells. They were producing 140,000 shell fuses a week.https://www.diversefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Booklet-Proof-7_Final.pdf After the war, this grew to 5,000 workers.
