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).
Draft letter from Mr and Mrs Butler regarding an indemnity payment for a fatal accident involving their son.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M10\ img075 | |
| Date | 14th May 1928 | |
| Draft of a letter to be written by Mr and Mrs.Butler to Rolls-Royce Limited. 62 Grove Street Derby 14th May 1928 To Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd Derby Dear Sirs, In consideration of your paying to us the sum of £1000.0.0. being an amount which Rolls-Royce Limited have agreed to pay to us in respect of a fatal accident to our Son Edward Butler which occurred at or near Amiens in France on the twenty-first day of March 1928 notwithstanding that we have not yet obtained Probate of his Will, we agree to indemnify Rolls-Royce Limited against any claims which may here-after be made upon them arising out of or in respect of the said fatal accident. Yours faithfully Dated this day of 1928. [Handwritten notes at bottom] At his death he was 25 yrs of age unmarried He had two brothers & 1 sister - no dependants was a passenger in 15EX being driven by C W Briggs [Handwritten notes in left margin] From of 40 - 6 - 5 - | ||