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 from Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company, Limited regarding an error in sending battery sections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\1\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 30th September 1926 | |
| X2065 DIRECTORS. SIR ARCHIBALD. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} GOLD. WILLIAM PETO. F.{Mr Friese} C. GRAHAM MENZIES. C.R.D PRITCHETT. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} R.{Sir Henry Royce} N. MINCHIN. T. W. PRITCHETT. Telephone No 3667 VICTORIA. (5LINES.) Telegrams "STORAGE, SOWEST, LONDON" CODES USED: BENTLEY'S. OR A.B.C. 5TH EDITION PRITCHETT & GOLD AND E.P.S. COMPANY, LIMITED. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE BUSINESS OF PETO & RADFORD. 50, Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, s.w.1. WORKS: DAGENHAM DOCK, ESSEX. YOUR REFERENCE OUR REFERENCE ED{J. L. Edwards}/CB/1. 30th September. 1926. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark Esq Messrs Rolls Royce Ltd. DERBY. Dear Sir, We have your letter of the 29th inst, regarding your battery of "FA" 11 cells, and very much regret to hear that our Works have made an error in sending you "FA" 9 positive sections instead of "FA" 11, as instructed by us. They are sending you two sections of the correct size immediately, and we thank you for your promise to return those which have been sent of the wrong size. Trusting you will accept our apologies for the error, and hoping this has not caused you any serious inconvenience. Yours faithfully, PRITCHETT & GOLD AND E.P.S. COMPANY LIMITED. | ||