OBITUARY : Hilary Bedford

The Times Saturday June 06 2015

OBITUARY : Hilary Bedford
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Wartime Wren who was sent to Bletchley Park to work with the codebreakers
Hilary Bedford was a bad-tempered photographer who was decorated late in
life for her work at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing — after keeping it a
secret for 60 years.

In 2009 Bedford walked into the offices of her local newspaper in north
London carrying a small blue box. Inside was a medal from Gordon Brown,
the prime minister, for her service at Bletchley Park.

As a 17-year-old she worked on the Bombe — the top secret “thinking   
machine” invented by Turing, the mathematician and father of modern
computing. For years, she brushed shoulders on a daily basis with 
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http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2009/111209/news111209_01.html

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/jul/they-used-him-war-emptied-his-brain-everything-they-needed-and-threw-him-away%E2%80%99-tragic-