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 to Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd. suspending ignition investigation work due to the war.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img343 | |
| Date | 25th June 1940 | |
| Yr. ref: Contracts/RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} G.O.C.26890. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}5/ML. 25.6.40. Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co.Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester . 17. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 18th. June concerning the investigational work on ignition. We had arranged for the special equipment to be made but now, due to the war, all work of this kind has been suspended and we regret that at the moment we cannot go any further. We shall be glad to re-open the subject when our work re-commences. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS ROYCE LTD., | ||