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).
Schedule of drivers and dates for vehicle 8.B.Y. going to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 25th November 1938 | |
| Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} ✓ c. Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} F.D. c. AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Std. c. Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}/Lewis. 4006 Rml/R.25.11.38. 8.B.Y. We give below a list of the drivers and the dates on which they will be driving 8.B.Y. when it goes to France again:- December - 1 - 8 Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} " 8 -22 Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Lewis. After Christmas (AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} (Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Std. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||