Bernard Matthews

Bernard Trevor Matthews CVO, CBE (24th January 1930 - 25th November 2010) was the founder of Bernard Matthews Limited, a company that is best-known for farming turkeys and producing turkey products. Bernard Matthews was born in 1930 in Brooke, Norfolk, the son of a mechanic. Matthews worked as a trainee livestock auctioneer at Waters & Son between 1946 and 1948; he then served his two-year National service in the Royal Air Force. He started the company in 1950, having left school at the age of 16 after winning a scholarship at the City of Norwich School but choosing not to progress with his education.