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).
Official order for a drum of Castrol 'XL' Motor Oil.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0088 | |
Date | 12th November 1935 | |
To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to G/Cam. X1231 / Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.12.11.35. G/Cam/CA.25/DW.4.11.35. Will you please pass an official order to Messrs. C.C. Wakefield & Co.Ltd., for 1 Drum of Patent Castrol "XL" Motor Oil, containing 41.8/9ths gallons, for which the charge is 10d. per gallon plus 1d. per gallon duty. This oil was sent direct to Mr. Hancock at Chateauroux. Order No. 54307. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||