Requesting a No.4 Goshawk 20.HP car for an advertisement photograph.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\December1922\ Scan99 | |
| Date | 27th December 1922 | |
| R.R. 235B (100 T) (S.H. 798. 10-12-20) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2948 TO HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to OJ. BJ. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} ORIGINAL RECEIVED DEC 29 1922 R7/M27.12.22. RE. NO.4. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). X4219 BJ. wishes, for advertisement purposes, a photograph of myself in the 20.HP., and I shall await No.4 Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)), because of the better shaped body. Will you kindly get it here as soon as convenient? Please see that it has a good hood. The dark coloured one on 6.EX. looks very nice and dignified. CH2892 - 4GII R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).
