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).
Urgent request to despatch a water pump assembly for an Essex 6 after a previous replacement failed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\6\ Scan188 | |
| Date | 22th September 1934 | |
| 74217 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to D/BP. c. to G/Mt. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/KW.22.9.34. Will you please despatch one water pump assembly to Messrs. Shaw & Kilburn Ltd., 112-114, Wardour St.{Capt. P. R. Strong}, London, W.1, by passenger train - urgent. This was sent to us 2 days ago to replace a broken water pump on the Essex 6, and has in turn failed. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.{Mr Friese} Dodd. | ||