Nottingham Post published Obituary: Rolf Noskwith, Bletchley codebreaker and hosiery...

The Post reported recently on the death at 97 of Rolf Noskwith, one of the famous Bletchley Park codebreakers and owner of the Charnos hosiery and lingerie business. Here, a fellow worker in the rag trade pays their own tribute.Rolf Noskwith was the cryptographer on duty at Bletchley Park the night before D-Day on June 6, 1944. Very soon after midnight, he succeeded in breaking the code of the day. In his own words, this was "thanks to an undisciplined German operator who began his report...