Acknowledgement of receipt for drawings related to a 40mm Mk.I gun from the Armaments Inspection Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img105 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1939 | |
| C.I.A 18 a. {Mr Adams} Telegraphic Address:- "Inspection," Woolwich. Please quote in reply:- 45625/1 ARMAMENTS INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, S.E.18. 3 October 1939 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. Gentlemen, 40 m.m. Mk. {R. E. B. Meade King} I. Ct. S.53524. I have to acknowledge with thanks, the receipt of the drawings forwarded with your letters VE/NP.1/CB of the 25th and 26th September. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, [Signature] for CHIEF INSPECTOR OF ARMAMENTS (GUNS). | ||
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).