Civilian CHARLES HENRY GEORGE HOWARD
Civilian War Dead
Died 12 May 1941
Age 35 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards George Cross
- Additional Info 20th Earl of Suffolk and 13th Earl of Berkshire, B.Sc Hons (Edin) F.R.S.E.; Chief Field Research and Experimental Officer, Directorate of Scientific Research, Ministry of Supply. Husband of Mimi, Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire, of Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
- Additional Citation note
The following details are given in the London Gazette, of 15th July 1941 - "The King has been graciously pleased to award the George Cross...For conspicuous bravery in connection with bomb disposal."
Charles Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who was the foremost expert on bomb disposal and worked together with his personal assistant and right-hand-man Fred Hards, and his secretary Miss Beryl Morden, known by all in the bomb disposal fraternity as the "Holy Trinity". All new types of bomb were attended to by the team, with Hards passing the tools, and Miss Morden remaining close enough to hear and take notes from the dictations of Howard as to the method of defusing. The three lived, worked then died together when an old and rusted bomb being worked on exploded in their faces.
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