Attached letter from Houdaille Shock Absorber people and a revised section of their absorber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 25\2\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 26th March 1914 | |
| R.R. 657. (100H) (VV. 586. 23.2.14) E.P. 6076. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. ENCLOSURE No 386 TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (FOUR LINES). Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Bn {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Cn {Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cr {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} Mr. CHICHESTER C Mr. COWEN Cx {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DeLOOZE D Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS {Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac {Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH Mer Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON N Mr. NADIN PN {Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa {Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn {Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE's Secretary JR {Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn {Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp {Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V - VIENNA Wa {Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr {Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHERLER Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Re Houdaille Shock Absorbers. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Na {Mr Nadin} 6/IB26314. 26/3/14. Kindly note the attached letter from the Houdaille Shock Absorber people. Would you care to see a revised section of their absorber? Apparently there is nothing new which we can learn from it, but if you would care to see it I will ask them to post it to us. Perhaps the Experimental Department would also like to read this letter. [Signature: Ch] [Watermark: ROBINSON] [Typed addition] Attach ltr. dated 25/3/14. [Handwritten note 1] I would like to see the revised section, if you please. Have sent Houdaille letter to Expt. Dept. [Signature: Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ] Mar 30 14 [Handwritten note 2] Expt dept - will you please return the letter [Signature: MRH] 7/5/14 [Stamp: 30 MAR. RECD.] [Stamp: W.M. 31 MAR 1914] [Stamp: RECEIVED] [Handwritten vertically on left: X1152] [Signature bottom left: M Mercer] | ||
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).