Inquiring about the manufacturing location of a failed 25/30 HP axle to assign responsibility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0281 | |
| Date | 21th May 1936 | |
| To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 25/30 HP Axle Failure. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 4/E21.5.36 Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} F.BY. 15,000 Miles Test - 22-G-V. {VIENNA} I am in receipt of Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 21/KW.20.5.36. Would you please let me know whether the part which failed, which was not made correct to drawing, was made in the Experimental Department or in the factory? If the former, please let me know how it came to go through and who is responsible. If made in the Works, I should like to take the matter up with them. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).