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 Joseph Lucas Ltd regarding a delay in dispatching a special 12-volt battery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 35\1\ scan 101 | |
| Date | 23th November 1917 | |
| JOSEPH LUCAS LTD WHOLESALE DEPOTS LONDON 224, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, W.C. MANCHESTER 277, DEANSGATE DUBLIN 41, MIDDLE ABBEY STREET NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE 15, GALLOWGATE GREAT KING STREET BIRMINGHAM TELEPHONES: CENTRAL 5730 Prte. Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} Ex TELEGRAMS & CABLES: 'LUCAS, BIRMINGHAM' WHEN REPLYING PLEASE REFER TO RBP/GD. X.2676 23rd November, 1917. Your Ref. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Re 12 Volt Battery. We are in receipt of your favour of the 21st inst., and regret that the special Battery was not despatched to you on the 24th ult., as promised, but at the last moment it was decided to embody still later improvements than we anticipated, and these have accordingly delayed the completion of this job. We are, however, pleased to inform you that this Battery will be ready for despatch to you to-morrow, and should the Railway Company accept same, it should be at your Works early next week. We shall be glad to know if same comes safely to hand. Yours faithfully, JOSEPH LUCAS LIMITED per ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. [STAMPED SEAL: CONTROLLED ESTABLISHMENT + MUNITIONS OF WAR ACT 1915. + LUCAS] | ||