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).
Urgent battery order for a Bentley Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan288 | |
| Date | 26th May 1936 | |
| Y 6021. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/MS10/P.26.5.36. BENTLEY CHASSIS. We are informed by Messrs. Chloride Electrical Storage Co. today that the existing order No. 92674 for D.100256 Batteries - their pattern number 6-XHR9-IML- is nearly completed. 88 batteries are outstanding on P.& R.{Sir Henry Royce} order Please advise whether it is your intention to introduce the new battery, or should we still order the existing type. The matter is now urgent. Roy{Sir Henry Royce} | ||