'She played it down': Bletchley Park codebreaker dies at 99 | Second world war
Margaret Betts, of Ipswich, was headhunted in 1942 to decipher enemy communications during WW2
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Margaret Betts, of Ipswich, was headhunted in 1942 to decipher enemy communications during WW2
Margaret Betts (pictured), of Ipswich, Suffolk was 19 when she was headhunted by 'men from the ministry' to join Britain's elite Bletchley Park codebreaking unit in 1942.
The wartime codebreaker died at a nursing home in late August, keeping her 'sharp brain right until the end'.
Margaret Betts was headhunted for her role when she was only 19 years old.
Margaret Betts was headhunted by "men from the ministry" aged just 19 to perform the top-secret role deciphering Nazi communications during the war.