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).
Notification regarding the refusal of supplementary petrol rations for travel over 600 miles per month.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\1\ scan0104 | |
Date | 31th March 1940 | |
pm 1282 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 5/T.31.3.40 Supplementary Petrol Ration. The Nottingham Petroleum Officer informs us that they have received instructions from the Department of Mines that under no circumstances whatever will they grant supplementary rations for the purpose of getting from home to business of over 600 miles permonth. Will you please make this known to all concerned. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||