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).
Outlining the reorganisation of departmental duties concerning service and proving engineering.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan128 | |
| Date | 23th June 1939 | |
| W/B. (c). from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} All Testers Ha. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHG. Ds. Ld. Ha. Er. Pk. Sp{Mr Spinney} - Paris. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} 1204 DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES. As basically service problems are of the same nature as those in connection with the 'proving' of new designs, I have decided to combine the activities of the Section devoted to service problems (BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}) with those of Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} as Proving Engineer. The experience which SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} has accumulated in connection with service difficulties will be directly useful to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} in 'proving' new designs, and the joint experience of SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} and Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} will be circulated to Departments other than those to which the 'Depot Sheets' have been circulated since this matter was brought under my personal supervision when I took over this duty and arranged for such information to be circulated by BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} In future Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} will be the authority for directing the technical application of our knowledge to service problems, and instructions from Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} as Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}'s personal assistant must be accepted as carrying the same authority as when such instructions were issued under the reference of BY/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} The problems which will be dealt with by Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}'s Department will be those which are out of the ordinary run of service troubles, and when such major problems arise they should be referred to Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}'s Department to obtain the co-operation of this Department in finding solutions which will be applicable to both service people at the Depots and the Design and Project Departments in originating new features which will exclude known faults exposed by the Service Departments. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||