Code expert 'couldn't sleep' during war effort
Published: 27 October 2009
It's just a shame that Egyptian cotton bedding or memory foam weren't around to comfort one woman during the war effort, who was too afraid to sleep as she worried over giving away secrets during her downtime.
One woman in the war effort didn't get much comfort from her bed linen during the war; after all, she was worried she'd give away some of the country's biggest secrets.That's because Mair Eluned Russell-Jones interpreted German intelligence at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, including transmissions deciphered through the world-famous Enigma machine.
Ms Russell-Jones was honoured with a commemorative badge and the Government Code and Cipher School certificate signed by the prime minister last week, all for her work between 1942 and 1945.
The 92-year-old said of her torrid time: "We were sworn to secrecy and the landlord seemed very interested in what we were doing. I thought maybe he was listening at the door in case we talked in our sleep. I was afraid to go to sleep and became ill as a result."
Bletchley Park, now part of Milton Keynes, is run by the Bletchley Park Trust and gains public donations through the hosting of conferences and weddings.
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