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 retrospective official order for mild steel tubing needed for experimental work on B.V. cars.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0304 | |
Date | 28th June 1939 | |
1297- To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}10/JH.28.6.39. Will you please send an official order to Burgess Products Ltd. Hinckley, Leicester for 30 ft. of Mild Steel tubing 17 S.W.G. This material was delivered today via our stores and is required for experimental work on B.V. cars. O/N.52444. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||