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'''Kathleen Margaret Godfrey''' ( |
'''Kathleen Margaret Godfrey''' (married names '''Kinmonth''' and '''Warren'''; 30 October 1922 – 19 October 2015)<ref name="ODNB" /> was a British [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]] officer who served in two highly secretive roles during the [[Second World War]]. She worked firstly as a radio operator for [[radar]] at [[Ventnor]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], and secondly at [[Hut 3]] of [[Bletchley Park]] working to extract intelligence from cracked Enigma ciphers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fry |first=Helen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouXXEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kathleen+Godfrey&pg=PA110 |title=Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars |date=2023-01-01 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-26077-9 |pages=110 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Family == |
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Her father was [[John Henry Godfrey]], a Royal Navy officer on whom Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss "[[M (James Bond)|M]]".<ref>Macintyre, Ben (5 April 2008). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100531130411/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/for_your_eyes_only/article3652410.ece Was Ian Fleming the real 007?]". ''The Times''. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2024.</ref> Godfrey kept her war work secret from her father, even though he was the Director of Naval Intelligence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Sarah-Louise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_qZEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kathleen+Godfrey&pg=PA27 |title=The Women Behind the Few: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force and British Intelligence during the Second World War |date=2023-03-09 |publisher=Biteback Publishing |isbn=978-1-78590-798-2 |pages=27 |language=en}}</ref> Her mother was Bertha Margaret Godfrey ({{nee}} Hope), one of the first women to go to Cambridge University and Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]]'s niece.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|first=Patrick|last=Beesly|title=Kathleen Margaret Godfrey [married names Kinmonth, Warren] (1922–2015)|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31153|date=11 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="obit Times">{{cite news |title=Kathleen Kinmonth Warren |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kathleen-kinmonth-warren-jmkvqt0mx27 |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=The Times |date=7 November 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=WW2 People's War - Breaking the Code: A WAAF at Bletchley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a2429561.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 October 2023 |date=16 March 2004}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 04:26, 23 October 2024
Kathleen Margaret Godfrey (married names Kinmonth and Warren; 30 October 1922 – 19 October 2015)[1] was a British Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer who served in two highly secretive roles during the Second World War. She worked firstly as a radio operator for radar at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, and secondly at Hut 3 of Bletchley Park working to extract intelligence from cracked Enigma ciphers.[2]
Family
[edit]Her father was John Henry Godfrey, a Royal Navy officer on whom Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss "M".[3] Godfrey kept her war work secret from her father, even though he was the Director of Naval Intelligence.[4] Her mother was Bertha Margaret Godfrey (née Hope), one of the first women to go to Cambridge University and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's niece.[1][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Beesly, Patrick (11 August 2022). "Kathleen Margaret Godfrey [married names Kinmonth, Warren] (1922–2015)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Fry, Helen (2023-01-01). Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars. Yale University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-300-26077-9.
- ^ Macintyre, Ben (5 April 2008). "Was Ian Fleming the real 007?". The Times. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Miller, Sarah-Louise (2023-03-09). The Women Behind the Few: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Biteback Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-78590-798-2.
- ^ "Kathleen Kinmonth Warren". The Times. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "WW2 People's War - Breaking the Code: A WAAF at Bletchley". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2023.