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Extra - E34 - Captain Jerry Roberts MBE
March 2014
Captain Jerry Roberts MBE, one of Bletchley Park’s last
Codebreakers, died this week at the age of 93.
Jerry was one of the original members of The Testery
working on cracking Tunny, the German High Commands code,
used by Hitler & his top Generals.
Their work warned the Russian’s of The Kursk Offensive,
allowing them to defend until the Germans called off, what would be their last major offensive on the Eastern Front.
Winston Churchill said “Stalingrad was the end of the
beginning, but the Battle of Kursk was the beginning of the end”.
In this Bletchley Park Podcast Extra, we bring you the
interview we recorded at Jerry’s home, in February 2013
after being awarded an MBE. It is followed a short interview
Katherine recorded on the day he received his MBE from
Her Majesty The Queen.
Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust,
paying tribute to Jerry said:
“Captain Jerry Roberts MBE was a true gentleman and - to the
last days of his long life - an outstanding ambassador for
Bletchley Park.
In World War 2 he was a key member of the team who
deciphered the most secret communications of Hitler and his top commanders, work of incomparable importance for the outcome of the War.
Unfailingly modest about his own achievements, he was
committed to the end to achieving recognition for the work of his colleagues and the contribution of all those who worked at
Bletchley Park. He will be greatly missed.
Our thoughts are with his devoted wife, Mei."
Picture: ©mubsta.com
#bletchleypark, #bpark, #tunny, #ww2, #jerryroberts
#wonder88
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March 2014
Captain Jerry Roberts MBE, one of Bletchley Park’s last
Codebreakers, died this week at the age of 93.
Jerry was one of the original members of The Testery
working on cracking Tunny, the German High Commands code,
used by Hitler & his top Generals.
Their work warned the Russian’s of The Kursk Offensive,
allowing them to defend until the Germans called off, what would be their last major offensive on the Eastern Front.
Winston Churchill said “Stalingrad was the end of the
beginning, but the Battle of Kursk was the beginning of the end”.
In this Bletchley Park Podcast Extra, we bring you the
interview we recorded at Jerry’s home, in February 2013
after being awarded an MBE. It is followed a short interview
Katherine recorded on the day he received his MBE from
Her Majesty The Queen.
Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust,
paying tribute to Jerry said:
“Captain Jerry Roberts MBE was a true gentleman and - to the
last days of his long life - an outstanding ambassador for
Bletchley Park.
In World War 2 he was a key member of the team who
deciphered the most secret communications of Hitler and his top commanders, work of incomparable importance for the outcome of the War.
Unfailingly modest about his own achievements, he was
committed to the end to achieving recognition for the work of his colleagues and the contribution of all those who worked at
Bletchley Park. He will be greatly missed.
Our thoughts are with his devoted wife, Mei."
Picture: ©mubsta.com
#bletchleypark, #bpark, #tunny, #ww2, #jerryroberts
#wonder88
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