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‘Bernhard notes’ as they are commonly referred as, were produced by approximately 150 'volunteers', who were in fact, Polish and Jewish prisoners in Block 19 of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The Nazis produced vast quantities of counterfeit banknotes, overseen by Staatssckreiner (Chief of Police of the General Government) Friederich Walter Bernhard Krueger. The Nazis wanted to undermine the British Economy by air dropping the banknotes over Britain, they abandoned this idea in favour of the more subtle approach of buying goods and materials in neutral countries and by paying there spies and agents, the most notable spy being ‘Cicero’. In 1945 the Nazis tried to hide the evidence of Operation Bernhard in the Enns River, the Traun River and Lake Toplitzsee, the latter is from where many of the banknotes in today's collections were recovered. |
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 | Branch Notes -
All White notes state the place of issue the majority of banknotes output was London and surrounding areas. In addition, numerous branches were established in the different parts of the country as listed:- Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nowich, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Swansea. |
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 | 1807-1829 - Hase (Henry)
Henry Hase was known as the reluctant Chief Cashier. He entered service in 1793 and was appointed Chief Cashier in September 1807 following the disgrace of the second cashier, Robert Aslett, who was found guilty of embezzling money. Hase died in 1829 aged 65. |
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 | 1918-1925 - Harvey (Ernest Musgrave)
Ernest Harvey was born on 1867. In 1885 he got his first job in the Bank service. Then became Deputy Chief Cashier in 1902 and was Chief Cashier from 1918 to 1925. He was the appointed Comptroller, he was a Director from 1928 - 1929 and Deputy Governor from 1929 - 1936. He died in1955. |
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 | 1925-1929 - Mahon (Cyril Patrick)
Cyril Mahon was born in 1882. His first job was in the Lincoln Bank at Grimsby before being elected to the Bank of England on 14th March 1901. In 1916 he was appointed assistant principal of the Discount Office. He became assistant chief cashier in 1918, deputy chief cashier in 1923 and held the post of Chief Cashier from 1st April 1925 to 26th March 1929. He died in 1945. |
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 | 1929-1934 - Catterns (Basil Gage)
Basil Catterns was born in 1886 in Lancashire. He spent five years with the Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Company and then entered Bank service in 1908. In 1920 got a job in the Chief Cashier's office; he became Assistant Chief in 1923, Deputy Chief in 1925 and succeeded Cyril Mahon as Chief Cashier in 1929. He held this post until 1934, when he was appointed an Executive Director. In March 1936 he succeeded Sir Ernest Harvey as Deputy Governor and retired in 1945. He died in 1969. |
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 | 1934-1949 - Peppiatt (Kenneth Oswald)
Kenneth Peppiatt was born in 1893. After the war he rose to become Principal of the Discount office in 1928 and Chief Cashier on in 1934. KOP, as he was known, held the post for 15 years until 1949, the second longest period (after Gordon Nairne) in the century. From 1949 he was an Executive Director till is retirement in 1957 when he joined Coutts Bank as a Director. He died in 1983. |
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 | 1955-1962 - O'Brien (Leslie Kenneth)
Leslie O'Brien was born in 1908, he attended Wandsworth School, In 1927 he entered the Bank service were he was private secretary to the Governor for two years. He was appointed Deputy Chief Cashier in 1951 and was Chief Cashier from 1955 to 1962. He became an Executive Director in 1962 and Deputy Governor from 1964-66. His term as Governor was from 1966-73. He died in 1995. |
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