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Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

During World War II, secrecy was essential. Britain’s intelligence agencies, including MI5, MI6, and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) were crucial in undermining enemy operations and supporting resistance efforts across occupied Europe. Their covert activities, from sabotage to codebreaking at Bletchley Park, were vital to the war effort but remained...
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Army - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

Marge Arbury

Marge Arbury was a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and recruited into Y Service for interception of Enigma wireless signals. Marge Arbury's experience...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Colette Cook

Colette Cook gives an entertaining account of her time as a Wren. She had a few scrapes and went on to become a Bombe operator......
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RAF - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

Mary Overill

Mary Overill gives a wonderful interview about her life with the WAAF. As a Devonian, country girl, the war provided opportunities and experiences. From Devon...
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Paddy Sproule

Paddy Sproule provides an excellent interview about her time the FANY. It was time well spent, in September 1943. Paddy describes her time in the...
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Navy - Our Secret WW2 (1939–1945)

Pam Torrens

Pam Torrens was a special duties linguist based at Abott's Cliff and Ventnor. She also went onto Germany. The interview is full of detail and...
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Marian Jones

When she was evacuated as a child she ended up meeting a FANY and was impressed with what she heard. When she was able to...
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Army - Women of the Army (1949-92)

Betty Webb

Charlotte Elizabeth Webb MBE. who worked at Bletchley Park and then went onto serve in the WRAC Betty joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Pat Pressler

Pat Pressler was an experimental assistant in gunnery EAG at Shoeburyness whilst working with the WRAC Pat was an experimental assistant in gunnery at Shoeburyness... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Audrey Smith

Audrey was a Colonel in the WRAC and is now a Life Vice President of the association. At university, Audrey joined the Officer Training... Go to Veteran Profile >
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Joan Taylor

Joan Taylor [nee Tapp] was an WTS FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) with the SOE. She worked as a wireless operator. A WTS FANY who...
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Joan Nicholls

Joan Nicholls gives a thoroughly interesting account of her time in the ATS where she was recruited into the Y-service. With warmth, wit and empathy,...
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Patricia Davies

Patricia Davies was involved in one of the most notorious secret war events of the Second World War.  It was called Operation Mincemeat - aka...
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Navy - Naval Convoys (1939–1945)

Patricia Davies

Patricia Davies provides a great interview detailing her work as a Special Duties linguist in the WRNS. Special Duties linguist in the WRNS listens for...
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Joan Endersby

Joan gives an interview that's full of fun and laughter. It was brilliant meeting her and, like so many of her type, she is terribly...
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Megan Moir

Megan Moir was a Wren Writer onboard the exercise training ship HMS Philante. Originally the millionaire Sir Tommy Sopwith’s private yacht it was donated to...
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Marjorie Inkster

Marjorie Inkster was 19 years old when she joined the FANY. She would go on to train as a radar mechanic. Marjorie Inkster was a...
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Harry Verlander

Harry Verlander as a Wireless operator for Jedburgh team 'Harold'. After D-Day he parachuted into France as the radio operator of one of SOE teams......
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Ruby Marchant

Ruby Marchant worked in the main house at Bletchely Park. Remarkably she only told her son about her secretive wartime work when she was 90...
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Daphne Brookes-Young

After leaving school in 1940, Daphne Brookes-Young worked with the St Johns Ambulance Brigade up before she decided to enrol in the war effort. She...
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WW2: Our Secret War

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During the Second World War, a covert war was also being waged to undermine the Axis powers using clandestine methods. The headquarters of many of...

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Army , Women of the Army (1949-92)

Patricia ‘Budgie’ Rosewell

Budgie provided us with some lovely photos of her at work and play!
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Women of the Army (1949-92)

In 2024, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we proudly added 30 female voices to the Legasee Archive...
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