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).
Telegram from Chateauroux requesting a new axle due to a wrecked differential.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0109 | |
Date | 23th November 1920 | |
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Charges to pay s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} TIME OF RECEIPT From... Telegrams for INLAND addresses may be handed to the messenger who delivers this form. The Post Office accepts telegrams by telephone. This form, and if possible the envelope, should accompany any enquiry respecting this Telegram. Prefix. Time handed in. Office of Origin and Service Instructions. Words. To... Office Stamp THE INFORMATION OVERLEAF WILL INTEREST YOU. Handwritten text: [Top edge]: X4153W [Left side, crossed out]: H165/E8 [In 'To...' box]: 8 49 a.M / De. 1320 / RR [Bottom right initials]: ok sgg Stamped text: [In transmission details box]: 25 - 25 CCC HEX 08.00 11 TH [In Office Stamp box]: DERBY NO 23 20 Typed message text (on pasted strips): [Header strip]: CT AXLEE +++ [Origin strip]: CHATEAUROUX 13 [Addressee]: = HIVES ROYCAR DERBY [Message]: = DIFFERENTIAL WRECKED IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE CAR NEW AXLEE REQUIRED = HANCOCK + | ||