Bernard Westall nacque nel 1894 a Newbury, fu educato alla Newbury Grammar School e al Queen's College di Cambridge.

 Arruolatosi nel 1914 allo scoppio della prima guerra mondiale e congedato nel 1919 alla fine del conflitto, lavorò per alcuni anni alla Waterloo & Sons prima di entrare alla De Rue.

 Nella De Rue divenne un esperto mondiale di metodi di sicurezza per la stampa delle banconote e consumò tutta la sua carriera fino a divenirne Presidente.

 Ottimo giocatore in gioventù, fu una figura di spicco del bridge amministrativo, Presidente della British Bridge World e segretario onorario della National Bridge Association.

 Membro sia del Portland che del Crockford, fu anche capitano non giocatore della nazionale britannica.

Scomparve l'11 gennaio del 1970.

  Bernard Westall, President of De La Rue, was born in 1894.

He was a man of great vitality and many interests, but his energies were mainly used in the service of his company. In the first World War he was commissioned with the Essex regiment and saw service in Gallipoli and France. Between the wars he travelled extensively as the companies chief salesman, and was successful in obtaining, in the face of many difficulties, large currency orders from Far Eastern countries. He became managing director in 1934 and after 1945 he became largely responsible for the Company's diversification into laminated plastics and heating appliances. He was appointed the company's first president in 1964 when he retired.

He had always been interested in bridge. Before the war he was a player of note, and had many successes in partnership with the late Hubert Phillips, with whom he collaborated in the writing of a number of bridge books.

About the time of his retirement he became the first president of the English Bridge Union, an office which he held at the time of his death. Council meetings were always the richer for his presence.

He died on 1970 January 11th at the age 76.