The Debs of Bletchley Park and Other Stories

by Michael Smith

  B-Lists ref1, ref2, ref3

  Babbage, Dennis ref1, ref2

  Baily, Edward ref1

  Ballet Rambert ref1

  Banburismus Room ref1, ref2

  Banbury sheets ref1, ref2

  Barraclough, Geoffrey ref1

  Bartlett, Professor Frederic ref1

  Batey, Keith ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Battle of Britain ref1

  Battle of France ref1

  Battle of Matapan ref1, ref2, ref3

  Battle of the Atlantic ref1, ref2

  see also Atlantic convoys

  Battle of the Denmark Strait ref1

  Battle of Trafalgar ref1

  Bax, Rodney ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Bedford ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Bedford US Air Force Base ref1, ref2

  Benning, Osla ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Betjeman, John ref1

  billets ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

  Birch, Frank ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Birley, Maxine ref1

  Bismarck ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Blagrove, Edith ref1

  Blandy, Elizabeth ref1, ref2, ref3

  Bletchley Park

  closure of ref1

  employee numbers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  purchase of ref1

  see also individual Blocks and Huts

  Bletchley Park Recreational Club ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Blisters’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Blitz ref1

  Block A ref1

  Block B ref1

  Block C ref1

  Block D ref1, ref2

  Block F ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Body, Sir Richard ref1

  Bolshevism ref1

  Bomba ref1

  Bombe Control Room ref1

  Bombes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  dismantling of ref1

  operation of ref1, ref2

  Bonsor, Sir Reginald ref1

  Bostock, Jocelyn ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Brabbs, Margaret ref1, ref2

  Bradshaw, Alan ref1

  Bream ref1

  Brett-Smith, Hilary ref1

  Bridgewater, Bentley ref1

  British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) ref1

  Brooke-Rose, Christine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Broughton-Thompson, Maggie ref1, ref2

  Brown, Tommy ref1

  Brown Enigma ref1, ref2

  Browning, Elizabeth ref1

  Bureau Szyfrow ref1

  ‘Burma Road’ ref1

  Byfield, Jack ref1

  Calder, Rosemary ref1, ref2

  call-sign index ref1, ref2

  Calvocoressi, Peter ref1

  Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of ref1

  Cambridge graduates, recruitment of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Campbell-Harris, Jean ref1

  captured documents and machines see ‘pinches’

  Carlisle, Sir Walter and Lady ref1

  Chamberlain, Neville ref1, ref2, ref3

  Chelsea Reel Society ref1

  Chicksands ref1, ref2

  choral society ref1, ref2, ref3

  Christmas ref1, ref2, ref3

  Church Green camp ref1

  church services and music ref1

  Churchill, Winston ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  visits Bletchley Park ref1

  Clarke, Eileen ref1, ref2

  Clarke, Joan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  clothing ref1

  civilian ref1, ref2, ref3

  uniforms ref1

  Colombo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Colossus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  conscription for women ref1, ref2

  Cooper, Josh ref1

  Coral cipher ref1

  ‘the Cottage’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Courns Wood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Coventry, bombing of ref1

  Craig, Douglas ref1

  Cranfield ref1

  Crawford, Commander ref1, ref2, ref3

  Crawley Grange ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  cribs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Cromwell, Oliver ref1

  Cross, Phyllida ref1

  Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew ref1, ref2

  Curtis, Evelyn ref1, ref2

  D-Day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  dances ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Davies, Gwen ref1

  Davies, Mike ref1, ref2

  Davies, Roma ref1, ref2, ref3

  de Valois, Ninette ref1

  debutantes and ‘the season’ ref1, ref2

  ‘Debs’ Delights’ ref1

  presentation at court ref1, ref2

  deception

  D-Day deception plan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Double Cross operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Dee, John ref1

  Denmark, invasion of ref1

  Denniston, Commander Alastair ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  Der Stürmer ref1, ref2

  Desert Rats ref1

  Digby, Everard ref1

  Dilly’s Girls ref1

  Diplomatic Section ref1

  dismissal ref1

  Dolphin Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Dönitz, Grand Admiral Karl ref1

  doodlebugs ref1, ref2, ref3

  double agents see Double Cross operation

  Double Cross Committee ref1, ref2

  Double Cross operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  D’Oyly Carte Opera Company ref1, ref2

  drama club ref1, ref2, ref3

  Draughn, Pamela ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  du Boisson, Dorothy ref1

  Duddery ref1, ref2

  Dunkirk evacuations ref1

  Eastcote ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  eccentricities ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Edward II, King ref1

  egalitarianism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  El Alamein ref1

  Elizabeth I, Queen ref1

  Elizabeth, Queen Consort ref1, ref2

  Elizabeth, Princess ref1, ref2

  Elmer’s School ref1, ref2, ref3

  Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3

  Brown Enigma ref1, ref2

  Dolpin Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Enigma machine ref1

  German Air Force Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  German Army Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  German Naval Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  invention of ref1

  Italian Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  operation of ref1

  Red Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Shark Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Spanish Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Yellow Enigma ref1

  see also Bombes

  Ettinghausen, Walter ref1

  evacuation ref1

  Falaise Gap ref1

  Farrell, Adrienne ref1

  Fasson, Lieutenant Anthony ref1

  female mathematicians ref1, ref2, ref3

  Fillingham, Colonel George ref1

  First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) ref1, ref2, ref3

  First World War ref1

  codebreaking ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  female services personnel ref1, ref2, ref3

  United States enters ref1

  Fleming, Ian ref1

  Fletcher, Harold ref1, ref2
r />   Flowers, Tommy ref1

  Fonteyn, Margot ref1

  food and catering ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Foreign Office ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Foss, Hugh ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Fox-Male, Joyce ref1

  Fraser, Admiral Sir Bruce ref1, ref2

  French codebreakers ref1

  García, Juan Pujol (Garbo) ref1

  Gayhurst Manor ref1, ref2

  George VI, King ref1

  German Air Section ref1, ref2

  German codebreakers ref1

  German Enigma see under Enigma

  German invasion, threat of ref1

  German Naval Section ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  German Operational Watch ref1

  German Secret Service ref1

  see also Abwehr Enigma

  GGG Abwehr machine ref1

  Gibbs, Mr (Claridge’s hall porter) ref1

  Gibson, Pamela ref1

  Gifford-Hull, Denise ref1, ref2

  Gilmerton House ref1

  Glassborow, Mary ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Glassborow, Valerie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band ref1, ref2

  HMS Glorious ref1, ref2

  Glover, Mark ref1

  Gneisenau ref1

  Godfrey, Admiral John ref1, ref2, ref3

  Goebbels, Joseph ref1

  Golombek, Harry ref1

  Göring, Herman ref1

  Government Code and Cypher School ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  female codebreakers ref1

  female translators ref1

  pay ref1

  working hours ref1

  Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Graham, Marion ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Grazier, Able-Seaman Colin ref1

  Great Brickhill ref1

  hairdressing salon ref1

  Halcrow, Marjorie ref1

  Harding, Claire ref1, ref2

  Harrison, Nancy ref1

  Hartington, Billy Cavendish, Marquess of ref1, ref2

  Hawker Siddeley aircraft company ref1

  Headingley ref1, ref2

  Henderson, Doreen (Susie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Herivel, John ref1

  ‘Hester’s Girls’ ref1

  Higgins, Hugh ref1, ref2

  Higgins, Joy ref1, ref2, ref3

  Hill, Alan ref1, ref2

  Hilton, Peter ref1

  Hinsley, Harry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Hirohito, Emperor ref1, ref2

  Hiroshima ref1

  Hitler, Adolf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  suicide ref1

  Hollerith machines ref1

  Home Guard detachment ref1

  homosexuality ref1, ref2, ref3

  HMS Hood ref1, ref2

  Hooper, Joe ref1, ref2

  Howe, Lord ref1

  Hughes, Jane ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  Humble, Olive ref1, ref2

  Humphreys, Wing Commander Robert ref1, ref2

  Hut 3 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  3L ref1

  American codebreakers ref1

  Fusion Room ref1, ref2

  the Watch ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Hut 4 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  German Naval Section ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Index Room ref1, ref2, ref3

  night watches (shifts) ref1, ref2

  Hut 5 ref1

  Hut 6 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

  American codebreakers ref1

  CMY (Clinical Monitoring of Y) ref1, ref2

  Decoding Room ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Intercept Control Room ref1

  Machine Room ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  night shifts ref1, ref2

  Registration Room ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  the Watch ref1, ref2

  Hut 7 ref1

  Japanese Naval Section ref1, ref2, ref3

  Hut 8 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  Banburismus Room ref1, ref2

  Big Room ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Crib Room ref1

  Registration Room ref1

  Hut 11 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Hyson, Dorothy ref1

  Index ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Air Index ref1, ref2

  call-sign index ref1, ref2

  Intelligence Corps ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  intelligence reporters see the Watch

  intercept stations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  ISK (Illicit Signals Knox) Section ref1, ref2, ref3

  Italian Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Ito Seiichi, Colonel ref1

  Jackson, Peggy ref1, ref2

  Japanese Air Section ref1, ref2

  Japanese codes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Japanese Diplomatic Section ref1

  Japanese Military Section ref1, ref2

  Japanese Naval Section ref1, ref2, ref3

  JappyWaaf ref1, ref2, ref3

  Jellyfish ref1, ref2

  Jones, Daniel ref1

  Jones, Eric ref1

  Kendrick, Tony ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Kennedy, John F. ref1

  Kennedy, Kathleen ref1

  Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert ref1

  Kilindini ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Knockholt ref1, ref2

  Knox, Dilly ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

  breaks Abwehr Enigma ref1, ref2

  breaks German Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3

  breaks Italian Enigma ref1, ref2, ref3

  CMG honour ref1

  illness and death ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  see also Dilly’s Girls

  Knox, E.V. ref1

  Kojima Hideo, Rear Admiral ref1

  Krebs ref1

  Lavell, Ann ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lawn, Oliver ref1

  leave ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  leisure and entertainment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  see also London, trips into

  Lever, Mavis ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  library ref1

  Liscombe Park ref1

  London, trips into ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Lorenz SZ40 device ref1, ref2

  Loxley, Peter ref1

  Lydekker, Julie ref1, ref2

  Macdonald, Ailsa ref1

  Mackenzie, Sheila ref1

  Maclennan, Morag ref1, ref2, ref3

  Madrigal Society ref1

  mail services ref1

  Manisty, John ref1

  Marchant, Bill ref1

  Margaret, Princess ref1

  Martin, Major H.E. ref1, ref2, ref3

  Mary, Queen ref1, ref2

  Medway, Jill ref1, ref2

  menus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Menzies, Stewart ref1, ref2

  MI5 ref1

  MI6 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Military Section ref1, ref2, ref3

  Mill Hill ref1, ref2, ref3

  Milner-Barry, Stuart ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Mitchell, Joyce ref1

  Mitford, Diana ref1

  Mitford, Unity ref1

  Molesworth ref1

  Molotov Breadbasket
ref1

  Monroe, John ref1

  Montgomery, General Bernard ref1, ref2

  moral codes ref1, ref2, ref3

  morale ref1, ref2

  Morse code ref1, ref2

  Motor Transport Corps ref1

  motorcycle couriers ref1, ref2, ref3

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘Mrs B’ (codebreaker) ref1, ref2

  Mulligan, Barbara ref1

  Murray, Graham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Murray, Odette ref1

  Murrill, Herbert ref1, ref2

  music ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  musicians, professional ref1

  Nagasaki ref1

  Naismith, Cicely ref1, ref2

  naval intelligence ref1

  Nazi Germany ref1

  Newman, Max ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Newmanry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Newton-John, Bryn ref1

  night shifts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  North African campaign ref1, ref2

  Norton, Sally ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Norway, invasion of ref1

  Official Secrets Act ref1, ref2

  opera group ref1

  Operation Ruthless ref1

  Operation Sea Lion ref1

  HMS Orion ref1, ref2

  Orme, Jean ref1, ref2

  Oshima, Hiroshi ref1, ref2, ref3

  pay ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Government Code and Cypher School ref1

  inequalities ref1, ref2, ref3

  Pearl Harbor ref1, ref2

  Pembroke Five ref1, ref2

  Penney, Mary ref1

  HMS Petard ref1

  Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus ref1, ref2

  Philip, Prince ref1, ref2, ref3

  Philips, Marigold ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Phoney War ref1

  Pietrkiewicz, Jerzy ref1

  ‘pinches’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Plowman, Eileen ref1, ref2, ref3

  Plumb, Sir John ref1

  Poland, invasion of ref1

  Polish codebreakers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Pollard, Helen ref1, ref2

  post-war life ref1, ref2

  Potsdam Conference ref1

  ‘preamble’ ref1

  pregnancies ref1

  HMS Prince of Wales ref1

  Prinz Eugen ref1

  prisoners of war ref1

  Purple cipher ref1, ref2, ref3

  Quirk, Barbara ref1, ref2, ref3