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).
Summary of the qualifications and experience of an individual named Theo Sherwen.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\2\ img152 | |
| Date | 9th May 1934 guessed | |
| THEO SHERWEN. Age 24 years. Single. Qualifications. Intermediate B.Sc (London). Examination for Associate Membership of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (All sections). Graduate Inst. Automobile Engineers Two years at the Northampton Engineering College. Languages: French. German. Experience. Post Graduate course of training at Messrs. Riley Coventry, including experience on experimental and racing work; charge of the assembly and mounting of the first experimental duralumin body frames for the 1933 Ulster T.T. cars; drawing office work on the Selerni transmission; design of the hydraulic preselector gear mechanism for Mr. Jack Ridley, now Competition Manager for Triumphs. This mechanism is now in the hands of the Lockheed Brake Company. Private Experience. Experimental hydroplanes including design, construction of the hull and installation of the machinery of one complete hydroplane. | ||