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).
Request for a supplementary petrol allowance for an employee due to commuting difficulties.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\1\ scan0144 | |
| Date | 9th July 1940 | |
| To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AA. {D. Abbot Anderson} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AA. {D. Abbot Anderson} 2/SW.9.7.40. With reference to the attached claim for supplementary petrol by Joseph Yates for the period commencing August next. I shall be glad if you can issue a covering note for 670 miles per month, as in this case there is no bus service, and the man has to catch a train at 6.20 a.m. in the morning in order to get here by 7.55, and has to wait at Belper for a train back in the evenings until 9.20 p.m. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AA. {D. Abbot Anderson} | ||