Mair Russell-Jones
| Mair Russell-Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mair Eluned Thomas October 17, 1917 Pontycymer |
| Died |
December 28, 2013 (aged 96) Wales |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Music, Welsh and German |
| Alma mater |
Mount Hermon Missionary Training College (1936–1938) Cardiff University (1938–1941) |
| Occupation | Codebreaker |
| Years active | 1941–1945 |
| Employer | Foreign Office |
| Organization | Government Code and Cypher School |
| Notable work | My Secret Life in Hut Six (2014) |
| Religion | Christian |
| Partner(s) | John Russell-Jones (Russ) |
| Parent(s) | Thomas and Agnes Thomas |
| Relatives | Gethin Russell-Jones (son and co-author) |
Mair Russell-Jones, born Mair Eluned Thomas[1] (1917–2013), was a graduate in Music and German from Cardiff University who during the Second World War worked as a civilian codebreaker for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. She worked in Hut 6, decrypting messages in Enigma machine cipher.
Having signed the Official Secrets Act, she did not talk about her war work until 1998.[2] Then, with the assistance and co-authorship of her son, Gethin Russell-Jones, she produced a memoir, My Secret Life in Hut Six (Lion Books, Oxford, 2014).[3]
References
- ↑ Neil Prior, "Bletchley code-breaker Mair Russell Jones talks of war", BBC News, Wales, Nov. 1, 2011.
- ↑ Robin Turner, "Bletchley Park uncovered: The secret life of the Welsh World War II codebreaker", Wales Online, Jul 27, 2014.
- ↑ Robin Turner, Welsh codebreaker Mair Russell-Jones recognised Alan Turing's genius at an early age at Bletchley Park, Wales Online, 16 Nov. 2014.
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