Rozanne Colchester

Rozanne Colchester (née Medhurst, 1923 - 17th November 2016) worked in British intelligence in the 1940s.[1]

She met Mussolini and Hitler before the Second World War.[2][3]

Career

In 1941 she joined Bletchley Park as a decoder. Her father (Charles Medhurst), himself involved in intelligence, recruited her. She spoke Italian which led to her joining the RAF section.[1] Following a successful interview she was immediately taken on and completed two days training delivered by Joe Hooper.[4]

After the war, she worked for the Secret Intelligence Service in an undisclosed role. She served in Cairo and Istanbul where she helped investigate the double agent Kim Philby.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rozanne Colchester (née Medhurst)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "The extraordinary female codebreakers of Bletchley Park". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "An Unlikely Asset". Dangerous Women Project. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bletchley Park decoder Rozanne Colchester - BBC Radio Oxford". Howard Bentham. 23 February 2015. Event occurs at 4:22. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Guardian - Women spies in the second world war.".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.