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Mary Betts – Passed Away 16 September 2023 – Aged 99 years

22 Sep 23
Peter Bull
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Mary Betts obituary appeared in the Herald today, sourced from the Telegraph, London.

Here’s a link that may work for folk to read about her. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-saturday/20230916/282175065718549

There were stories in past Newsletters about codebreakers in the WWII and Mary was one of the WRENs, (in the UK) who performed the work.

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  1. Peter Bull September 22, 2023 at 10:32 am

    I did indeed find that an interesting editorial. Reminiscent of my early days in the SOR when the technology & hardware of the day then, whilst not devoted to code breaking, brought back memories of that which Mary Betts was using during WWII.

    Jim Simpson

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