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 Ryland's Directory requesting the removal of the Clan Foundry, Belper, from their publication due to its use for secret government work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img359 | |
| Date | 20th March 1941 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML. Clan qu. 17. 20.3.41. The Editors, Ryland's Directory, 49, Wellington Street, Strand. W.C.2. Dear Sirs, With reference to your enquiry, dated March, 1941, re an entry for the Clan Foundry, Belper, in your Directory. Will you please note that this Foundry has now been taken over by the above Firm for Government work of a secret nature, and we should therefore be glad if you would remove all mention of it from your Directory. Thanking you in anticipation, Yours faithfully, for ROLLS ROYCE LTD., War-time address. Rylands Directory, 3, Amersham Road, High Wycombe , BUCKS. | ||