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).
Querying the purchase and need for a requisition for a delivery of Aviation Spirit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\4\ Scan004 | |
| Date | 13th September 1932 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} YNG 8128r1 See me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/GEA.8/EB.13.9.32. On the 15th ultimo, the Welbeck Distillation Co. MANSFIELD, delivered to us 40-gallons of Welbeck Aviation Spirit for which they have charged us 1s/4½d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} per gallon. Will you kindly advise if the account is in order, and if it is your intention to keep the spirit, in which case we shall require a requisition to enable us to send covering order. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} [Signature] [Stamp: RECEIVED 14 SEP 1932] | ||