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 confirming an order to cover a tubular Gun Shoulder Rest with soft rubber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img025 | |
| Date | 16th July 1940 | |
| 3 Gun Rem/PJH.4/JS.{Mr Johnson's Secretary} 16.7.40. Messrs. The British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd., BURTON-ON-TRENT. For the attention of Mr. Birkbeck. Dear Sirs, We are writing to confirm that we have asked you to cover with soft rubber about 3/8" thick the tubular Gun Shoulder Rest, which we handed to you yesterday morning. An official order for this work will follow. It was arranged that you would 'phone our Mr. Hardy at Belper 324 when the work is completed, so that we can collect it. Yours faithfully, | ||