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).
Private memo detailing a telegram about a car being badly smashed in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 9th August 1939 | |
| 4009. PRIVATE. D/L. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.9.8.39. 14.B.V. We have received the following wire from Waller dated 8/8/39:- "ROBOTHAM CORNISH BADLY SMASHED THIS MORNING "PLEASE PHONE 21 AFTER SEVEN THIRTY TONIGHT. "WALLER." We understand the driver was not badly hurt. He has communicated with all the necessary authorities in France. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||