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).
Letter from Park Ward & Co. Ltd confirming a telegram and requesting urgent delivery of various gauges of sheet metal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\2\ scan0318 | |
| Date | 29th October 1941 | |
| DIRECTORS: A.F. SIDGREAVES C.W. WARD R.W. HARVEY-BAILEY C. FALCONER F.C. HONEYMAN W.S. PAGE TELEPHONE: WILLESDEN 2595 (6 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WARENPAR-WILLROAD-LONDON PARK WARD & CO. LTD SHEET METAL AND WOOD WORK 473 HIGH ROAD . WILLESDEN LONDON . N.W.10 704 SPECIALISTS IN SHEET METAL WORK AND WOOD WORK FOR THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY APPROVED BY A.I.D. ON AIR MINISTRY, ADMIRALTY AND WAR OFFICE LISTS YOUR REF....... OUR REF... CWW/GC 29th October, 1941. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, I have pleasure in confirming our telegram of even date, requesting urgent delivery of 12 Sheets of 6.x.4 20 gauge. O.H.S.P.D.D.O. and advising you that at a later date we shall be requiring 12 sheets of 21 gauge N.O.H.A.B.E. x D.D.O. and 12 sheets 22 gauge O.H.S.P.D.D.O. In the circumstances I trust you will be able to satisfy our requirements in this respect. Yours sincerely, | ||