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).
Chasing the location of returned wheels for The Marquis of Cholmondeley in order to cancel an invoice.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0286 | |
| Date | 14th March 1938 | |
| GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Have those wheels been collected? W/K.{Mr Kilner} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 261 D/BP9/MW.14.3.38. Re: The Marquis of Cholmondeley. Chassis B.169.GP. According to information contained in a memo from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, Reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}3/R.29.1.38, we were informed that this client did not wish to retain a pair of Dunlop Wheels GW.429 type fitted with India tyres 6 1/2" x 17", which were supplied to him. It is further stated that these wheels were to be collected by Kingsbury and returned to W. Experimental Dept. We have no record of having received these wheels. We shall be glad to know if K.{Mr Kilner} have collected them and if they have been returned to our Experimental Dept. We are unable to cancel the invoice against the account until we are informed that these wheels have arrived and until they are booked-in. D/BP | ||