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Harold Wernher

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In September 1943, Sir Harold was appointed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as Co-Ordinator of Ministry and Science Facilities (CMSF), in charge of overseeing the construction of all the Mulberry Harbour components.
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He died in 1973 at Luton, Bedfordshire, and as he did not have any surviving male heir, the baronetcy became extinct. To avoid death duties, the Wernher estate donated the
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Gules the head of a grappling iron in saltire Argent issuing from the base a mount Vert and in the dexter and sinister base a mullet of six points Or.
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Between two elephant's trunks the dexter per fess Gules and Or and the sinister per fess Or and Gules a lozenge Sable thereon a mullet as in the arms.
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from his elder brother, Sir Derrick Wernher (1889–1948), who had no male heir. He had previously inherited
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George Michael Alexander Wernher (22 August 1918 – 4 December 1942), killed in action during
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ceremony in the chapel of the Russian Embassy in Welbeck Street then in an
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and his mother was of Polish-Jewish ancestry. He reached the rank of
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Wernher was born on 16 January 1893 the second son of
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Harold Augustus Wernher
Major-General
Bt
GCVO
TD

Luton
Bedfordshire
British Army
Major-General
Service number
Second World War
Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby
Georgina, Lady Kennard
Myra, Lady Butter
Major-General
GCVO
TD
diamond magnate
Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet
Randlord
major-general
World War II
Operation Overlord
Wernher baronetcy
Luton Hoo
Wernher Triptych
British Museum

Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby

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