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).
Internal memorandum instructing that all goods purchases must be made through the Order Office and not via Petty Cash.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\3\ scan0326 | |
| Date | 14th November 1940 | |
| Handwritten: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ML. Please get all testers Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} to initial this Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Handwritten: Expenses Gen: Handwritten: 1130 Typed: D/AWS3/S.14.11.40. Typed: Will you please instruct everyone concerned in your Department that any purchase for goods should be made through the Order Office and not through Petty Cash. Distribution List with Initials: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} [initialled] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} [initialled] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} R.C. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} Clm{D. D. Clapham} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} MHR{M. H. Rigby} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Col. Col Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/TAS.{T. Allan Swinden} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GB. g.B. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG. [initialled] D/L. | ||