Letter regarding the raising of the 'Miss England' speed-boat and the subsequent inquest.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 28th June 1930 | |
| W. H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Halliwell, Estate Agent. 'Phone :- PORTISHEAD 122. District Agent : - Abbey Road - Building Society, LONDON. Agent : Redcliffe Bay Estate, PORTISHEAD. "THE HOMESTEAD," Down Farm, Redcliffe Bay, Portishead (Som.) X4199. 28 / 6 / 30 192 Dear Mr Hives I see by this morning's paper that the speed-boat 'Miss England' has been partly raised from the wreck & has been completed. I take it that the adjourned inquest on its owner Segrave & one of his men will be held soon after. As you are of course quite aware it would be my desire and also that of his mother that I should be present at the inquest. Yours very sincerely H W Halliwell P.S. I hope to forward you memorial cards during tomorrow. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).