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).
Telegram reporting a car hitting a tree, with damage to the bodywork but not the chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page155 | |
| Date | 18th December 1932 | |
| Post Office TELEGRAPHS. No. 158 Office Stamp: DERBY 18 DE 32 Handwritten Ref: x405 TIME OF RECEIPT: 7/00 M Prefix: 94 Office of Origin and Service Instructions: 194 CL AI 16 1245 CHATEAUROUX 18 Recipient: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY = Telegram Message: CAR HIT TREEE OS BODYWARK DAMAGED STOP CHASSIS NOT DAMAGED STOP DRIVERS NOT HURT = HANCOCK ++ Stamp: CONFIRMATION | ||