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STERN 1/8/8
Title
Letter from Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt to Sir Graham Greene, 20 Mar 1917, about recognition for the work of William Tritton and Walter Wilson
Date(s)
- 1917 Mar 20 (Creation)
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1p
Scope and content
Letter from Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Director of Naval Construction, the Admiralty, to [Sir (William) Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary, the Admiralty], regarding the issuing of a statement in Parliament to the effect that Sir William Ashbee Tritton of William Foster and Company Limited, Lincoln, Lincolnshire and Maj Walter Gordon Wilson, Director of Engineering, Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, contributed jointly to the successful design of tanks and recommending that both be considered for financial remuneration in the light of the difficulty of establishing patents. 1p
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.