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).
Remote delivery of precision tools and suggesting alternative suppliers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\2\ scan0214 | |
| Date | 22th July 1941 | |
| 1204 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/JHA. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}6/JH.22.7.41. In reply to your memo. reference Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/JHA.6/BJ.21.7.41. you state that delivery of the precision tools still outstanding on our order reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}2/SW.7.2.41. is now very remote. We are most anxious to obtain these tools and would suggest that an alternative for each tool should be obtained from any reliable firm in a position to supply them. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||