Charlotte 'Betty' Webb passes away (WWII) (1923 - 2025) (UK) - UK News - 1/Apr/2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

Charlotte 'Betty' Webb passes away (WWII) (1923 - 2025) (UK) - UK News - 1/Apr/2025

A decorated World War Two code breaker who spent her youth deciphering enemy messages at Bletchley Park has died at the age of 101. She died yesterday. (13 May 1923 - 31 March 2025). Charlotte "Betty" Webb MBE - who was among the last surviving Bletchley code breakers - died on Monday night, the Women's Royal Army Corps Association confirmed. Mrs Webb, from Wythall in Worcestershire, joined operations at the Buckinghamshire base at the age of 18, later going on to help with Japanese codes at The Pentagon in the US. She was awarded France's highest honour - the Légion d'Honneur - in 2021. The Women's Royal Army Corps Association described Mrs Webb as a woman who "inspired women in the Army for decades". Bletchley Park Trust CEO Iain Standen said Mrs Webb will not only be remembered for her work but "also for her efforts to ensure that the story of what she and her colleagues achieved is not forgotten." "Betty's passion for preserving the history and legacy of Bletchley Park has undoubtedly inspired many people to engage with the story and visit the site," he said in a statement. Tributes to Mrs Webb have begun to be posted on social media, including one from historian and author Dr Tessa Dunlop who said she was with her in her final hours. Describing Mrs Webb as "the very best", she said on X: "She is one of the most remarkable woman I have ever known." Mrs Webb told the BBC in 2020 that she had "never heard of Bletchley", Britain's wartime code-breaking centre, before starting work there as a member of the ATS, the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She had been studying at a college near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, when she volunteered as she said she and others on the course felt they "ought to be serving our country rather than just making sausage rolls". Her mother had taught her to speak German as a child and ahead of her posting remembered being "taken into the mansion [at Bletchley] to read the Official Secrets Act". "I realised that from then on there was no way that I was going to be able to tell even my parents where I was and what I was doing until 1975 [when restrictions were lifted]," she recalled. She would tell the family with whom she lodged that she was a secretary. In 2023, she and her niece were among 2,200 people from 203 countries invited to Westminster Abbey to see King Charles III's coronation. The same year she celebrated her 100th birthday at Bletchley Park with a party. She and her guests were treated to a fly-past by a Lancaster bomber. She said at the time: "It was for me - it's unbelievable isn't it? Little me." There is an 'Obituaries' playlist on this channel under "People (& famous animals) - Obituaries (2016+)" here:    • People (& famous animals) - Obituaries (20...   #charlottlewebb #bettywebb #RIP #obituary #WWII Wikipedia: Charlotte Elizabeth Webb MBE was an English code breaker who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II at the age of 18. Starting in 1941 she joined the British Auxiliary Territorial Service.