'Unsung' female Bletchley codebreaker honoured by blue plaque for part in breaking enigma

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An "unsung" female Bletchley codebreaker has been honoured by a blue plaque for her part in breaking the German enigma code during World War Two.Mary Margery Body was a wartime codebreaker whose contributions remained unacknowledged throughout her life.

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But that all changed yesterday when the plaque was unveiled yesterday at her former Cheltenham residence.Ms Body joined the team at Bletchley Park in 1940, where she played a crucial role in deciphering German Enigma communications.The commemorative marker now adorns the Homestead in Swindon Village, where she made her home from 1957.Cheltenham Civic Society organised the installation, with chairman Andrew Booton describing the organisation as "honoured to play its part in remembering an unsung hero".The renowned codebreaker Dilwyn Knox personally recruited Ms Body for cypher work at the wartime intelligence centre.Her wartime duties centred on lengthy, repetitive tasks essential for intercepting enemy communications, particularly...

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