Alan Stripp
Martin Evans <mhe1000-a6jaEnolB/[email protected]>
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It is sad for me to have to report the death of Mr Alan Stripp, an old friend and neighbour. He will be known to many members of this list for his writings on Bletchley Park and his experiences of breaking Japanese Air Force codes and cyphers during the 1939-45 war. In August 1943 he was sent from Cambridge University on an intensive course to acquire a basic knowledge of Japanese, and was then taught code-breaking at Bletchley Park. He was given a commission and posted to Delhi at the Wireless Experimental Centre, which dealt with interception of enemy radio traffic and the decryption of Japanese Air Force signals. As well as writing a number of shorter articles, Alan Stripp wrote or edited three books: Codebreaker in the Far East. Cass: London: 1989. ISBN 0714633631 Codebreakers: the inside story of Bletchley Park (Edited by F.H.Hinsley & Alan Stripp). Oxford University Press: Oxford: 1993. ISBN 0198203276 The Code Snatch. Vanguard Press: Cambridge: 2001. ISBN 1903489334. (This is a semi-fictional thriller, set in WW2, with some autobiographical content). After the war Alan Stripp worked for a time with the British Council in Indonesia and Portugal, before returning to Cambridge. He organized Adult Education courses at Linton Village College and later joined the Cambridge Extra-mural Board as an administrator and lecturer. He lectured on intelligence matters there and at other centres in East Anglia as well as teaching music at Madingley Hall. He and his wife Mary formed and organized the "Phoenix Orchestra" in which he conducted and she played. Alan Stripp died on Wednesday 18th February in Linton, South Cambridgeshire, aged 84. There will be a memorial/thanksgiving service for him at St Mary's Church in Linton, Cambridgeshire, at 3 pm on Saturday 21st March 2009. We shall all miss his friendship, his humour and his knowledge across a range of topics. Martin -- Martin H Evans mhe1000-v9/[email protected] Maritime Museums in Britain and Ireland: http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/mhe1000/marmus.htm ____________________________________________