Gwen Watkins

Gwendoline Mary Watkins (née Davies, 31 December 1923 – 14 January 2025) was a British codebreaker and author.

[1] During World War II, she worked at Bletchley Park de-coding traffic between German airfields.

[2] She was the author of several books, including Dylan Thomas: Portrait of a Friend (1983), Dickens in Search of Himself (1987), and Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes: The Secrets of Bletchley Park (2006).

[1][3] While at Bletchley, she met and married the poet Vernon Watkins.

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