The Debs Of Bletchley Park is a book that features the stories of six women who served as codebreakers at Bletchley Park in World War II. Aurum Press published the new book, “The Debs of Bletchley Park & Other Stories”, which was written by Michael Smith (Bletchley Park’s chief historical advisor). The women shared their experiences as young Bletchley park workers during World War II. The two women spoke out about their daily lives, including their jobs, and also the complexities of living at Bletchley Park’s GC&CS (Government Code and Cypher School), which was the UK’s central location. This school regularly accessed the secrets communications of Axis Powers, most notably the Lorenz and Enigma ciphers. Michael Smith and the six Debs at Bletchley Park. Image: Bletchley park. Jean Pitt Lewis, a Monmouth woman from Gwent is one of the women in this photo. As a Foreign Office civil, she was also a member of Dilly’s Girls. This group consisted of women who worked with Dilly Knox (the great Bletchley Codebreaker). Bletchley Park says that secret messages from the Secret Service were crucial to the Double Cross fraud, which led to D-Day’s success. Lady Marion Body is from Stanford Dingley, Berkshire. Her grandmother was an officer in the Foreign Office and she worked on Japanese-encoded messages with HRH, The Duchess. Recently, she shared with the Duchess of Cambridge what her great-grandmother and great-uncle did at Bletchley park. Marigold Freeman Attwood is from Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. Her family was part of the Wrens, Women’s Royal Naval Service. The Colossus was the first ever digital computer in the world, and she worked with it at Bletchley. The existence of the Colossus was secreted for many decades. Betty Webb is from Wythall, Worcestershire. Her duties included working on German police messages and was a member the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). These messages were how people first learned about the Holocaust and the mass murders of many thousands of Jews at the Eastern Front. Ms. Webb was assigned to Block F in order to create intelligence reports on Japanese Army messages decoded at Bletchley. These Codebreakers results proved crucial in the production vital intelligence that was needed to advance military operations of the Allies in WWII. Image: Bletchley Park. Jean Tocher, Poole in Dorset. Her role was that of a Wren in Bletchley Park Naval Section, where she focused on the “Allied Plot.” Bletchley park says that this was a “chart of the world” covering four walls. It contained Wrens who plotted all of the movements of all allied ships, as well as their German and Italian counterparts. Wren, she was part of the Newmanry Registration Room, where German messages were received from Knockholt (near Sevenoaks), Kent. They received the messages on punched paper Teleprinter tapes. Also, the team logged all of their results. On Sunday, March 15. Michael Smith will speak about his book. Tickets for this talk are available now. Bletchley Park’s Hut 6 roof was found with Alan Turing’s codebreaking notes. These codes were used in WWII by workers to stop leaks from entering the roof.
