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 chasing the delivery of seven piston castings and a corresponding blueprint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\1\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1920 | |
| [Letterhead]: ALLEN & SIMMONDS (READING) LTD PISTON & PISTON RING SPECIALISTS, AERO ENGINEERS, ETC. THAMES SIDE ENGINEERING WORKS, READING, BERKS. CODE: "MARCONI INTERNATIONAL." TELEGRAMS: "PISTONS, READING." TELEPHONE NO 1314. [Directors Stamp]: R.ALLEN, (CHAIRMAN). C. ALLEN. F.{Mr Friese} A.{Mr Adams} SIMMONDS. B. TULL. A.{Mr Adams} WARDILL. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} F.{Mr Friese} CRAVEN. R.S. SYKES, (SECRETARY) [Specialities Left]: ALLEN PATENT FRICTIONLESS PISTONS, PISTON VALVES AND ROD PACKINGS. COVERED BY 30 BRITISH PATENTS AND 50 FOREIGN PATENTS. [Specialities Right]: PISTONS, PISTON RINGS AND GUDGEON PINS FOR AERO AND OTHER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. MACHINE GUN MOUNTINGS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. [Handwritten Top Right]: X 1105 [Stamp]: RECEIVED 4 DEC 1920 3rd.Dec.1920. Please quote REF. FA/LH{Mr Haworth} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, YOUR REFERENCE HF{H. W. Frost - Coachwork Inspector}3/LG. With reference to your letter of the 12th. ulto., in which you state that you were despatching to us seven castings, also blue print showing finished sizes of pistons. May we remind you that we have so far not received either the castings or blue print; we should like to receive these at your earliest convenience in order that we may proceed with the work in question. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours faithfully, FOR ALLEN & SIMMONDS /READING/ LTD., G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} F.{Mr Friese} Craven. Director. [Handwritten Note]: Now received RRC | ||