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History

Key figures in SIGINT

Throughout our one hundred years many trailblazers have worked, in secret to change the course of history. Discover their stories.

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Surnames P - T

Explore the next part of the collection, organised in surname P to T. This collection includes the incredible Alan Turing, and several cryptanalysts who were crucial players in shortening the war.

Dr John Plumb
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Dr John Harold ‘Jack’ Plumb

A key member of the Block B Naval Section at Bletchley Park
Cdr Teddy Poulden
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Cdr John Edward ‘Teddy’ Poulden RN

Admiralty officer who spent the majority of WWII at HMS Anderson
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Margaret Alice Rock MBE

Junior Administrative Assistant for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park
9 men in WWI uniform posing in front of a large shed and field
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William Swanborough

Laid some of the foundations for British Signals Intelligence
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Brigadier John Tiltman

Wartime codebreaker who went on to play crucial part in developing the UK-US relationship

Alan Turing
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Alan Turing

Designer of Bletchley Park's Bombe cryptanalytic machine

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William Thomas 'Bill' Tutte OC FRS FRSC

Helped to make one of the most significant intellectual breakthroughs of WWII
Peter Twinn
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Peter Frank George Twinn CBE

One of Bletchley Park's most significant cryptanalysts during WWII

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