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Life At Station X

Ex-WRN Gill MacDermott reveals her secret life as a code breaker at Bletchley Park during WWII

Gill MacDermott
 

 

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After spending several months at HMS Nighthawk, Gill gets a funny signal...

The first I knew about Station X...

Gill is kept very busy learning Cryptography

I hardly had time to notice the Summer

Gill tells of her life outside code breaking, her room and rationing

After the first few weeks I managed to settle in quite comfortably..

 

Picture of Tommy Shields in tropical kit taken in the Red Sea just before war was declared in 1939
Gill in 1943 prior to going to
Gill in 1943 prior to going to
Ceylon

 

I was destined to stay at Station X until...

 

Gill MacDermott today
Gill MacDermott today

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