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).
Letter from The Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd. reporting the death of 2nd Lieut. S. Lovell-Hewitt.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\3\ scan0279 | |
| Date | 19th January 1942 | |
| ESTABLISHED 1885 SYMBOLS OF ENDURANCE The AVON INDIA RUBBER CO. Ltd. CHAIRMAN MAJOR R.F. FULLER, J.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SIR HERBERT E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BLAIN, C.B.E., M.INST.T. JOINT GENERAL MANAGERS R.H. COMLEY. O.F. SWANBOROUGH. SECRETARY & ACCOUNTANT V.H. LOVELL, A.C.I.S. SERVICE DEPOTS. LONDON·BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL·MANCHESTER NEWCASTLE·GLASGOW BELFAST. Telegrams RUBBER, MELKSHAM. Telephone MELKSHAM 120 (6 LINES). Codes ABC. 5th EDN. WESTERN UNION. BENTLEYS & M.T. PRIVATE CODE. LONDON OFFICE, MABLEDON PLACE, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} PANCRAS, LONDON, W.C.1. HEAD OFFICE & WORKS. MELKSHAM, WILTS. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/LW 1331 19th January, 1942. W. A.{Mr Adams} Rowbotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Mr. Rowbotham, I very much regret to inform you that, from a burial report received by the War Office, they have now officially reported 2nd Lieut. S. Lovell-Hewitt as having died of wounds at Calonne on or shortly after the 21st May, 1940. Mr. Hewitt was a well-liked and on-coming young man with us, and we shall miss him personally and from a business point of view. Yours sincerely, (Signature) | ||