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).
Accident involving car 32-EX in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0252 | |
| Date | 26th June 1936 | |
| x1002 To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW.26.6.36. 32-EX in France. We have today received a telephone message from Paris saying that 32-EX has been damaged in an accident to such an extent that it will not be repairable in France. It has therefore been put on rail and returned to Derby. As far as we can ascertain, the accident was caused due to the front spring of a 5-ton lorry breaking, thereby causing the vehicle to charge across the road into 32-EX. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||