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Morse Code Wrens of Station X: Bletchley's Outer Circle (Amphora Press) Paperback – February 1, 2017

by Anne Glyn-Jones (Author), HRH Princess Royal (Foreword)
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Anne Glyn- Jones opens up the secret world of the interceptors of German Morse Code signals during World War II. Leaving her girls boarding school with romantic ideas about joining the navy as a Wren, Anne had no idea that she would be working for the mysterious 'Station X', which we now know to be Bletchley Park. Round the clock shifts, bed bugs, rats and poor diet took its toll, as well as the ongoing lack of recognition from the Navy hierarchy. Morse Code Wrens of Station X is a very personal memoir of a young woman’s experiences of war time service, as well as providing fascinating insights into the daily realities of the battle for military intelligence superiority.

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    February 1, 2017
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    5.31 x 1.2 x 8.27 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1845409086
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    978-1845409081
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Loved The Imitation Game? then you'll devour a new book by 94-year-old Anne Glyn-Jones, who worked for Bletchley Park during World War II.

(Anna Britten Exeter Living)

Anne shows a spirited personality, a great sense of humour and a sense of the absurd; but she also vividly conveys the hard conditions under which she and her colleagues worked.

(Ralph Blumeneau Amazon.co.uk)

"I absolutely love Anne Glyn-Jones's book: freshly informative, eye-openingly vivid and often terrifically funny too. The sharpness that she brought to her incredibly demanding secret intercept work didn't let up away from the listening stations. From Plymouth to a really colourful and fascinating account of wartime Gibraltar, her voice is fantastically engaging and original throughout."

(Sinclair McKay, author of The Secret Listeners, and The Secret Life of Bletchley Park Endorsement)

"The important role of the WRNS in wartime is often unsung. The Wrens played a vital part in the Royal Navy's struggle against the Axis powers in the Second World War at Bletchley Park and elsewhere. Some lost their lives serving the cause. Anne Glyn-Jones has written a vivid, illuminating, and entertaining memoir of those tense and tumultuous days. It is an impressive achievement."

(Jonathan Dimbleby Endorsement)

Does this book add to the general knowledge of how the war was fought and won? Maybe a tiny bit – don't read it for that. It's real contribution is in understanding the social impact of the war, even for those serving in a relatively protected environment. It is a salute to the WRNS whose contribution is often overlooked. But mostly, like many personal memoirs, it is a tiny slice of history that is only important because of all the tiny insights that glitter in the detail.

(Lesley Mason The Bookbag)

"I am delighted that Anne Glyn-Jones, now aged 94, has been able to leave us this valuable contribution to the WRNS' history. Her bravery, tenacity and discretion are a shining example to younger women today wanting to make a contribution to society by serving those around them."

(HRH The Princess Royal Foreword)

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amphora Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1845409086
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1845409081
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1.2 x 8.27 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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"This is a quietly important book. It should be recommended reading on a school history syllabus, because this is history as it was really lived. "
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Disney and the Snow Dogs
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful read.
Reviewed in Spain on September 21, 2022
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I bought this to help with research into my book and it was a fascinating in site into the life of a wren back in WW2 and life on Gibraltar. I especially liked reading her stories about the monkeys. I am so glad that she was able to publish her memories of this important time in history.
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David Grey
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great read
Reviewed in Australia on December 8, 2023
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I would recommend this book to anyone being either a women or a guy that it paints a picture of the life of a WREN during world War 2. As a morse operator involved the reception of military morse signals and the every day life during that time in history.
And the struggle for them to be recognized it gave me a deep insight as to what these WRENS faced on a daily basis.
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Hugh I Axton
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book, not to be missed.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2017
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This book is an absolute delight. The first half will have you streaming with tears of laughter; I could hardly turn the pages quickly enough. What an indomitable young woman. Having served in Gibraltar much later - 1982-3 - I was looking forward to her description of working there. Goodness if I thought it was an awful place to serve and work in 1982 when the border was tightly shut it is nothing to what these young women had to put up with. They work long hours and lack of sleep was combined with little food. To add insult to injury they were refused the promotion they had worked for and passed the exam for simply because their documents had not arrived. Their senior officers cared not a jot. By the last third of the book I was seething with anger. Finally with their return to England and still not receiving the pay and promotion that was their due - others who joined after them were now senior in rank - Anne wrote to the Admiralty; eventually they received the promotion that was their due but it was too late to get them the privileges they deserved when in Gibraltar. This is the most marvellous book and we are just so lucky that Anne had retained her manuscript when she was refused publication in the late '70s and again in the '90s. What secrets she was divulgiing it is hard to asertain. Of course it does the hierarcy of the Royal Navy no credit at all. Hard working young women in their late teens and early 20s working and sleeping with rats running over their beds, lacking sleep and on almost starvation rations were clearly badly led. That they did not down tools is a great credit to their loyalty and honesty. Just a beautiful read.
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Mary E. Mackenzie
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant account of a war time Wren
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2017
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Brilliant account of a war time Wren, written with humour and detail. Amazing reading considering the author is in her nineties.Hope some younger readers will take the time to explore the subject.
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Miss Informed
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Wartime Memoir
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2017
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Anne Glyn-Jones has written of her experiences as a young WREN in WW2. Tragedy and comedy and gritty reality regale the reader as she writes of her life at home and at 'Gib' as a 'Morse Code Wren' listening to enemy submarines and deciphering Morse Code messages. Who ever thought about how this 'universal' code translated to different languages? A fascinating account and an admirable woman.
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