I recently had the pleasure of meeting William Post Owen at a lunch the ½ñÍíÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û was hosting to the American Club Of The Riviera.  William told me the fascinating story about his friend Janet Edmonson (Howe)-Woods and her remarkable life.

Over the past 50 years many books have been written and films created depicting the race-against-time Alan Turing and his brilliant team of code breakers had in trying to crack the “Enigma Machine".  Hunkered down at Britain’s top secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during World War II the Turing team and the country was facing the
prospect of a German invasion.  Much was resting on their shoulders.

With the Official Secrets Act being lifted in the 1970’s we now know that Janet Edmonson (Howe) – Woods who lives in Pegomas (and will reach the ripe old age of 102 on 19 March 2018) was an integral part of the team that cracked the Enigma Machine.

I thought you would appreciate some background information on Janet

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Janet was very active in England as a German linguist, having been called back to the UK by the Home Office from her German studies in Heidelberg just prior to the outbreak of the second world war. She had an active role as a German code breaker at the famous Bletchley Park where the first electronic computer was invented and where they broke the code from the German Enigma machine. Subsequently, she was one of the original British representatives to the Council of Europe which was founded in 1949. In March 2016, Janet received a 100th Birthday card from the Queen, then for her 101st birthday on 19 March 2017, she received a medal and Certificate of Honor signed by Prime Minister Therese May and Commendation from British GCHQ* for her services at Bletchley Park during the War.