Memoirs of Room 40 (naval code-breaking unit) by Walter Horace Bruford (b. 1894), member of Naval Intelligence Division in World War I., 1914 - 1918
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.
Dates
- Creation: 1914 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
Walter Horace Bruford was born in Manchester in 1894. Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, he served with the Royal Navy cryptographic intelligence division in Room 40 at the Admiralty during World War I.
He went on to become a lecturer in German at Aberdeen University and the University of Edinburgh.
He was seconded to the Foreign Office during World War II, 1939–1943, to work at Bletchley Park. From 1951 he was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge until 1961.
He died in 1988, aged 93
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2002-06-24 15:27:41+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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