Code cracker Charlotte Webb died at the age of 101

During the Second World War, she helped the British to crack encrypted news: Charlotte « Betty » Webb was one of Bletchley Park’s last code crackers-now she died at the age of 101, as the British news agency PA reported.

In Bletchley Park, a property north of London, the British had broken the Nazis encryption code and also worked on understanding news from other hostile states. Films like « The Imitation Game – A Strict Secret Life » tell about it.

Webb was one of the last still living « codebreaker » from Bletchley Park, reported PA. From 1941 to 1945 she was in action for the women’s department of the British army, worked with German and Japanese news and later also for the US Pentagon.

Use remained a secret for a long time

At first she was a secretary, which she found « quite boring », Pa quoted. Then she changed. For years she had kept her commitment kept secret – he had remained a secret by 1975. Later she was honored by the royal family and included in the French Legion of Honor.

« Betty has inspired women in the army for decades, » said the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association organization. Even Bletchley Park – today a museum – paid tribute to Webb: she tirelessly tried to bring the story of Bletchley Park closer to a wider audience.