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).
Letter to A.J. Gardiner in Dieppe confirming a cheque for fr.5,000 and providing instructions for a car due to the developing crisis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 29th August 1939 | |
| 666a PER REGISTERED POST. A.J. Gardiner, Poste Restante, DIEPPE. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}2/R.29.8.39. Herewith confirmation of our telegram and cheque for fr.5,000 which you should be able to cash at your hotel. We hope you will be able to get the car back. Should you feel obliged to leave it and return owing to further developments in the crisis, please endeavour to get some individual to be responsible for it, i.e., Garage Proprietor, Hotel Manager or R.A.C. Agent, and inform them that they will be repaid for their services by Rolls-Royce Limited. Please let us know where you are staying. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||