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).
The incorrect delivery of Lodge sparking plugs and instructions for their return.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 79\1\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 24th February 1919 | |
| R.R. 235 B (200 T) (S.F. 103, 25-10-18) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2244 X601 B. for BP. [text struck through] c. to Mr. Chatwin. [text struck through] c. to Mr. Hives. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}/AW13/W24219. 24th Feb.1919. On the 14th inst., the Stores booked in on G/R Sheet 149908 three dozen 18 m/m Three Point Lodge Sparking Plugs. Two dozen of these were sent in error and we shall be glad if you will obtain them from Mr. Hives and return to the Lodge Sparking Plug Co., by passenger train, carriage paid and booked out to them at invoice price, at the earliest possible moment. These will be replaced by a new type of Plug at an early date. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} AW | ||