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).
Request to ask Shell Mex, Co. to send a 50-gallon drum of oil to a hotel in Chateauroux, France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\4\ Scan232 | |
| Date | 17th November 1930 | |
| C.O. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X3035. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/W.17.11.30. Y544 Will you please ask Shell Mex, Co., to send a 50 gallon drum of Shell S.R.O.33 Oil addressed to Mr. G.W.Hancock, Hotel De France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. This should be despatched as soon as possible as the car will be over there in a fortnight. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||