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).
Telegraph to the British Purchasing Commission for gun barrel machinery for the Admiralty.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\4\ img021 | |
| Date | 23th July 1940 | |
| Gun To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/3 23.7.40. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} rang up to say that Capt. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has telegraphed the following :- Will we telegraph to British Purchasing Commission in American through Olley and ask them to request Messrs. Pratt & Whitney to ear mark the gun barrel machinery for the Admiralty. The Admiralty will telegraph the British Purchasing Commission in due course. The first part of this statement is dependent upon the assumption that the original quotation came via Olley. E.V. [Signature] | ||