Raymond 'Jerry' Roberts passes away

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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 1496195 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 19:52:24 UTC Last modified: 27 Mar 2014, 19:52:47 UTC WWII code breaker Raymond 'Jerry' Roberts passed away at 93. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2336584/bletchley-park-code-breaker-raymond-jerry-roberts-passes-at-93 ONE OF THE LAST remaining UK code breakers from World War Two has passed away. Raymond 'Jerry' Roberts was 93, according to the BBC, and was instrumental in breaking high-level Nazi ciphers as part of the code-cracking war effort. Captain Roberts joined the war effort at the Milton Keynes park in 1941. As a member of a group called the Testery he helped crack the Tunny code, re-engineering its code to let the allies read German and Italian messages. ID: 1496195 ·

TimeLord04 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23	Message 1496231 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 20:24:26 UTC R.I.P. TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos ID: 1496231 ·

anniet Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75	Message 1496244 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 20:35:27 UTC - in response to Message 1496231. R.I.P. + 1 Hope he was comfortable and not in any pain. I expect he's had to say goodbye to so many friends and loved ones over the years :( ID: 1496244 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 1496276 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 21:00:47 UTC R.I.P. Reading stories like this brings home the fact of our own mortality. Remembering reading and learning about Enigma as a kid. Enjoying watching the documentaries and movies about WWII. 50 years later... ID: 1496276 ·

anniet Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75	Message 1496280 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 21:03:32 UTC - in response to Message 1496276. Last modified: 27 Mar 2014, 21:04:52 UTC R.I.P. Reading stories like this brings home the fact of our own mortality. Remembering reading and learning about Enigma as a kid. It was a program about Enigma where I first learned about Alan Turing, poor man :( (sorry - off-topic) Suppose it's not impossible they worked together. (on topic?) ID: 1496280 ·

Dave C Send message Joined: 22 Jan 02 Posts: 364 Credit: 1,025,962 RAC: 0	Message 1496283 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 21:16:07 UTC R.I.P. Raymond 'Jerry' Roberts Avians and Myrmicats, the Octospiders, and the Humans all living in one huge cylinder in space called RAMA. ID: 1496283 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65747 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1496294 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 21:26:36 UTC R.I.P. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1496294 ·

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1496354 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 23:16:41 UTC - in response to Message 1496294. R.I.P. ID: 1496354 ·

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 1496360 - Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 23:34:08 UTC - in response to Message 1496280. R.I.P. Reading stories like this brings home the fact of our own mortality. Remembering reading and learning about Enigma as a kid. It was a program about Enigma where I first learned about Alan Turing, poor man :( (sorry - off-topic) Suppose it's not impossible they worked together. (on topic?) Not impossible at all and here's a list of the most significant that were there at that time Annie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_Bletchley_Park Cheers. ID: 1496360 ·

anniet Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75	Message 1496400 - Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 0:54:36 UTC - in response to Message 1496360. R.I.P. Reading stories like this brings home the fact of our own mortality. Remembering reading and learning about Enigma as a kid. It was a program about Enigma where I first learned about Alan Turing, poor man :( (sorry - off-topic) Suppose it's not impossible they worked together. (on topic?) Not impossible at all and here's a list of the most significant that were there at that time Annie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_Bletchley_Park Cheers. Thanks Wiggo. Yes he is. What an amazing group of people. ID: 1496400 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1496478 - Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 7:06:49 UTC RIP rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1496478 ·

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