Editing Henry Royce (section)

==Moves to West Wittering==
As the situation at St Margaret’s Bay deteriorated due to food and household materials, regular security scares due to the military camps in the area and bombardment of nearby Dover by German warships Royce decided in late 1917 to find a better location. Accompanied by Aubin and a list of available properties Royce went hunting in his personal Silver Ghost along the South coast. Eventually the pair decided on a property called “Elm Tree Farm” in the rural village of [[West Wittering]], which had no electricity and was approximately 8 miles from Chichester.<ref name=Reese_Pg141-144/>  Renamed "Elmstead" it was to remain Royce’s summer home until his death.<ref name=Pugh_Pt1_Pg44-129/> The two-storey house had a lawn in front and a large garden, as well as several acres of meadows. 

As well as his secretary R.L. “Monty” Marmont and driver Frank Dodd, Royce had a personal design team split into two groupings;  engine and chassis, all of whom moved with him between Le Canadel and West Wittering. The engine design team consisted of senior engine designer Albert G. Elliot, draughtsman Donald Eyre, draughtsman Charles Carolin (who left in 1921), engine designer Charles L. “Chas” Jenner, senior designer S. F. “Sammy” Pottinger (from 1918) as well as gears and gearbox designer A. John Stent (who left in 1925). The chassis team which was established in West Wittering in 1921 consisted of designers Bernard Incledon Day, W. G. “Bill” Hardy and H. Ivan F. Evernden.<ref name=Pugh_Pt1_Pg44-129/> From the late 1920s, Tony Bastow, H. E. “Harry” Biraben and A. E. “Tony” Cook joined the establishment as juniors.<ref name=Pugh_Pt1_Pg44-129/>
At "Elmstead" Royce’s secretary worked from an upstairs office adjacent to  Royce’s bedroom, while downstairs two small reception rooms were allocated to the engine design team. The chassis design team was accommodated ¼ mile away in a studio that had been converted from a barn on the grounds of a cottage called “Camacha.” which was rented from a Miss Ramsey.<ref name=Reese_Pg141-144/> In addition on an adjacent property called the ”The Piggery” a barn housed a small workshop and Royce’s cars.<ref name=Pugh_Pt1_Pg44-129/>  Messages between the two locations were carried by Marmont on a bicycle until Royce allowed the installation of a telephone. The design team lodged around the village, but due to its isolation their recreation was limited to swimming, tennis and badminton.