The British on intelligence: a collection (SIS, MI5, GCHQ & more)

[davidbfpo]

A couple of days ago, in Post No.2, I remarked:

The British have a way of not rewarding those who make a valuable, no invaluable contribution to national success....

In the New Year Honours List:

A Bletchley Park codebreaker who has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours said he still hopes his whole team will one day be recognised. Raymond "Jerry" Roberts, 92, receives the honour for services to the WWII decryption centre and to codebreaking.... was among four founder members of the Testery section tasked with breaking the German High Command's Tunny code. The decrypts are credited with helping shorten the war by at least two years.

He is now the last survivor of the nine cryptanalysts who worked on Tunny, and has spent the past four years campaigning for acknowledgement of his colleagues.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-20859561 and a BBC radio interview:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20863205