POSTHUMOUS AWARDS
Supreme Sacrifice In Secret
Research Work GEORGE MEDAL FOR EARL British Official Wireless. Rec. 2 p.m. RUGBY, July 18. A striking example of unselfish devotion to the war effort is shown in the posthumous award of the George Cross to the Earl of Suffolk, and commendations to Miss Beryl Morden and Mr. Fred Hards, in recognition of work carried out during the six months prior to their deaths. The three formed a team engaged in the most secret experimental research work for the Ministry of Supply. This work was of such a nature that in the national interest it cannot be divulged. It involved an extreme hazard to which those taking part were continuously exposed and for which volunteers were called. The Earl of Suffolk and his team volunteered in the full knowledge of the extreme dangers involved, and carried it through with unswerving devotion and conspicuous success, and in doing so made a direct and most essential contribution to the technical war effort.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 169, 19 July 1941, Page 7
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