Official order for two Lockhead Flexes from S. Smith & Sons Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 25th June 1935 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. to G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Cam. X200a Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Bwg. {J. C. Bowring} 4/KW.25.6.35. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Cam/CA.11/DW.24.6.35. Will you please pass an official order to Messrs. S. Smith & Sons Ltd., for 2 Lockhead Flexe(Aero Engine)s, at £1. 2. 6d. each, less 25%, less 15%, plus 1/- postage. These were sent out to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} , in France, for fitting to 5-B-IV. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /J.Bowering. | ||
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).