Sourcing of a suit and overcoat for a driver for 'Le Canadel'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 33\1\ Scan173 | |
| Date | 1st December 1923 | |
| W/S. {Derby Works / Sales} S/W {Sales / Derby Works} PH. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} PRIVATE. X1775 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG6.12.23. DRIVER FOR LE CANADEL(Henry Royce's French residence). HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} With reference to BJ11/H5.12.23. We should like to know as soon as possible whether you have been able to find any old clothes suitable for R's driver. We should like to know the 'bore and stroke' of the suit in case the man needs any alteration, [REDACTED]. [Handwritten note below] HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} we are trying to obtain an overcoat from a man named Cornwall, hence of, more or less, standard dimensions; failing this being satisfactory we can obtain a coat off the peg, so that you need not plane any oddments of your man PN {Mr Northey} Z/2 [Handwritten initials on right] HH | ||
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).