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).
Announcing a revision to the departmental numbering system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 24th November 1937 | |
| To all Officials, Superintendents and Foremen. PM 1204 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryc.4/T24.11.37. DEPARTMENTAL NUMBERS. ------------------------- The present numbering of Departments will be revised as from Saturday noon 27th November 1937. The new Departmental numbers will be used on all Bonus Cards, Millwrights Requisitions and wherever a Department has to be identified. Broadly the numbering is as follows:- Departments 100 to 199. Chassis Departments. " 200 to 299. Aero " " 300 to 399 Common " " 400 to 499 Indirect " The new Departmental numbers are as shown on the attached sheets. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryc. | ||