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).
Explaining the delay in receiving a 17,000 miles report on vehicle B-56-BN.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0115 | |
| Date | 20th June 1936 | |
| X 264 a To Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.20.6.36. With regard to G.W.H's 17,000 miles report on B-56-BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}, the explanation of the three weeks' delay between the date of the report and its receipt is that G.W.H. commenced to prepare this report, but did not finish it, before his last visit to the Works at Whitsuntide. The report was completed upon his return to Chateauroux, and reached the Experimental Dept. on Tuesday last, the 16th inst., when it was circulated immediately. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||