BUDGETT, Nancy (#136)

Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes:

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WOMEN’S WAR WORK; AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS WARDENS, CIVIL DEFENCE & Eric CLAXTON MBE’s RESCUE & CASUALTIES UNION training ST JOHN’s & RED CROSS. Professor Sir F Harry HINSLEY KBE OBE Fellow British Academy

Miner’s son who became Vice-Chancellor at Cambridge via BLETCHLEY. “By force of intellect alone, they shortened the war by at least two years and saved thousands of lives”, Guardian, citing Kingsley) Historian, cryptographer, & editor of the official British Intelligence in the Second World War. Negotiated Brusa signal-sharing agreement for UK. ALLIED CRYPTOGRAPHIC TEAMS, BLETCHLEY PARK Huts & ULTRA INTELLIGENCE.