Imperial Munitions Board The Imperial Munitions Board (IMB) was
a national agency, set up in Canada under the chairmanship of
Joseph Wesley Flavelle by the British War Cabinet to alleviate
the Shell Crisis of 1915 during the First World War. The Board
was mandated to sign contracts on behalf of the British
government for the manufacture of war materials in Canada. It
established state-owned factories to produce munitions and
materials that could not be produced by the private sector
including railroad workshops and small factories to produce
heavy artillery shells for the Western Front. The Board also
oversaw the production of ships and aircraft. The IMB was
dissolved in 1919. - Imperial Munitions Board in the Canadian
Encyclopaedia - Carnegie, David (1925). The History of Munitions
Supply in Canada 1914-1918. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
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