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).
Log detailing daily communications and actions from April 1936.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan282 | |
| Date | 13th May 1936 guessed | |
| ④ Date | To | From | Comments 16.4.36. | Roy{Sir Henry Royce} | Ratcliffe. | Orders three balls of green twine!!) for some springs 16.4.36. | Nichols of Smiths | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Orders petrol gauge. 16.4.36 | Hall | Wst. | Discusses headlamps - Marchal 17.4.36. | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} | Orders brake shoes to be sent to Ferodo for lining. 17.4.36. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Smiths | Acknowledges 16.4.36. 17.4.36. | - | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Notes points raised by Hall on visit. All minor points. 18.4.36. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Smiths | Replies to 16.4.36. - accepts order. 20.4.36. | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swadl. | Points on the build of Hall's engine (B21). 20.4.36 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Smiths. | Print of petrol gauge, and tank unit. 21.4.36. | Hall | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Coy | Discusses petrol tank. 23.4.36. | Hall | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Brief spec. of the racing chassis + list of spares to carry - Le Mans race. 23.4.36. | Smiths | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les | Cancels proposals of 20.4.36. 24.4.36 | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les | Smiths | More petrol gauge. 24.4.36. | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.R. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Points on preparation of Hall's car. 25.4.36. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Ceandess | Filler cap. 27.4.36. | Roy{Sir Henry Royce} | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bast | Orders further 250 galls. of French Benzol. 27.4.36. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Ceandess | More filler cap, with drawings. 27.4.36. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST | Detail electrical points. 28.4.36. | Hall | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Coy | Says chassis B-216-GA has been dispatched to Lillie Hall 28.4.36 | Smiths | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les | More petrol gauge. 28.4.36. | RHG | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Martindale | Instructs automatic oil filling system. 29.4.36. | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} | Smiths | Discusses oil gauge. 29.4.36 | Sr. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Discusses who should pay for expenses 29.4.36 | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les | Smiths | Petrol gauge again. | ||