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).
Reference request from D. Napier & Son Ltd for a job applicant, Chas. Bowen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\2\ img001 | |
| Date | 29th September 1914 | |
| CUSTOMERS CARS ARE ONLY DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} NAPIER & SON LTD MANUFACTURERS OF NAPIER MOTORS WORKS & REGISTERED OFFICE ACTON · LONDON · W NAPIER MOTOR CARRIAGES AND BUSINESS VEHICLES SHOWROOMS · 14 · NEW BURLINGTON ST LONDON · W CABLE CODES-LIEBERS-WESTERN UNION & A·B·C·5TH EDITION TELEPHONES CHISWICK 1221 & 1222 TELEGRAMS MONEYER LONDON YOUR REF. OUR REF. X/HODD/4 NEW CAR DELIVERY DEPARTMENT 29/9/14. Handwritten notes: x249 Letter 12/12 '11 w 17/1/12 now ref (Chas. L Unemployed) Mr. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hives, Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd, Derby. Dear Sir, Chas. Bowen has applied to us for a situation as Driver, Mechanic and has referred us to you for a reference. Will you please inform us how long he was in your employ, cause of leaving, if he is a good and careful driver, good mechanic and timekeeper also if he is honest, sober and willing. We enclose stamped addressed envelope for reply and thank you in anticipation of an early reply. Yours faithfully, D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} NAPIER & SON LTD. [Signature] T. Bultitude DELIVERY DEPARTMENT. PLEASE REPLY TO:- X/4 DELIVERY DEPT., ACTON, W. THE MOTOR GOODS SUPPLIED BY US ARE ONLY SOLD ON THE CONDITION THAT THEY ARE NOT TO BE EXHIBITED EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AT ANY EXHIBITION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND WITHOUT THE WRITTEN AUTHORITY OF THE SELLER | ||