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The Newmanry was a section at Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, England, which currently houses the National Museum of Computing...

, the British codebreaking station during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Its job was to develop and employ machine methods in Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher
Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher
Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher was the process that enabled the British to read secret German military messages during World War II. The British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park decrypted many communications between the German High Command in Berlin and their army commands...

. The Newmanry was named after its founder and head, Max Newman
Max Newman
Maxwell Herman Alexander "Max" Newman, FRS was a British mathematician and codebreaker.-Pre–World War II:Max Newman was born Maxwell Neumann in Chelsea, London, England, on 7 February 1897...

. It was responsible for the various Robinson
Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine)
Heath Robinson was a machine used by British codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II to solve messages in the German teleprinter cipher used by the Lorenz SZ40/42 cipher machine; the cipher and machine were called "Tunny" by the codebreakers, who named different German teleprinter...

 machines and the ten Colossus computers.

List of Newmanry personnel and their places of postwar residence

  • Sheila Adams, Frome
  • Angela Anderson, London S.W.1
  • Gillian Ansdell, Shillingford
  • Michael Ashcroft, Oxford
  • Doreen Aston, Sutton Coldfield
  • Oliver Atkin
    A. O. L. Atkin
    Arthur Oliver Lonsdale Atkin , who published under the name A. O. L. Atkin, was a Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. As an undergraduate during World War II, he worked at Bletchley Park cracking German codes. He received his Ph.D...

    , London S.W.13
  • Nancy Atkins, Nailsworth
  • Ruth Attenborough, Sandiacre
  • D. Bacon, Leicester
  • Anne Baker
  • F. Bareham, London W.13
  • Peggy Beach, Edenbridge
  • Jean Beech (Mrs Jean Prest), Berkhamstead
  • Barbara Birkby, Bromley
  • Avis Boaden, Marlborough
  • June Boulton, Cleaden
  • Betty Bowden, Horam
  • Margaret Bower, Putney
  • Betty Boyd, Stanmore
  • Jean Bradridge, Chelmsford
  • Pamela Brennan, Cambridge
  • Peter Broadbent, Roundhay
  • Anne Brown, Woldingham
  • Catherine Brown, Harrogate
  • P.D. Brown, Wisbech
  • Pauline Bruce, Abington
  • Marjorie Bruton, Stourbridge
  • Audrey Buckfield, London S.E.12
  • Judy Bucknall, Birmingham
  • Margaret Buller-Leyborne-Popham, Pensford
  • Rosamund Busby, Birmingham
  • Howard Campaigne, Minneapolis
  • H.J. Cane, Morden
  • May Cann, Ellacombe
  • Patricia Cannell, Chippenham
  • Arthur Chamberlain
  • Malcom Alfred Chamberlain ("Mac"), Cheltenham
  • Marigold Charlesworth, Horsted Keynes
  • Betty Cheel, Harrow
  • Leslie Chown, Wolverhampton
  • J.B. Clayton, Ickenham
  • Muriel Clayton, Liverpool
  • Bernadette Cleary, Manchester
  • Dorothy Clemmit, Middlesbrough
  • Tom Collins
  • Barbara Cooper, Ealing
  • Pam Cordwell, Eccles
  • Shirley Cottrell, Harrow
  • Nancy Creed
  • Frank Crofts, Preston
  • Michael Crum, Oxford
  • Gillian Dale, Dulwich
  • Cecily Dalrymple-Hay (Mrs Cecily Jackson), Petworth
  • Patricia Davis, Worthing
  • Sheila Deacon, Ellesmere
  • Olive Dean, Wimbledon
  • Barbara Dixon, London N.W.2
  • George Dixon, Arlington, USA
  • Sylvia Dixon, West Kirby
  • Dorothy Du Boisson, Ruislip
  • Harry Fensom, Romford
  • Margaret Flack, North Finchley
  • Neville Fowler, Leicester
  • Frank Francis, Eltham
  • Sonia French, Cambridge
  • Margaret Gardner, Blackhill
  • Dave Geary
  • D.P. Gerry, Wallington
  • Alan Gibbs, Smethwick
  • Celia Gibson, Kegworth
  • K.H. Godfrey, Toddington
  • Jack Good
    I. J. Good
    Irving John Good was a British mathematician who worked as a cryptologist at Bletchley Park with Alan Turing. After World War II, Good continued to work with Turing on the design of computers and Bayesian statistics at the University of Manchester...

    , Hendon
  • Strad Graham, London W.12
  • Judith Graves, Thames Ditton
  • Audrey Gray, Purley
  • Sandy Green
    James Alexander Green
    James Alexander "Sandy" Green FRS is a mathematician and retired Professor at the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick, who is still active in the field of representation theory.-Early life:...

  • Nancy Greig, Brighton
  • Rene Griffiths, Eastham
  • John Groves, Harrow
  • Doreen Guest, Sittingbourne
  • D.H.S. Hall, Kingston
  • Ken Halton, Leeds
  • Margaret Hamlin, London N.W.4
  • Valerie Hancox, Norton Malton
  • Judith Harris, Farnborough
  • Catherine Harvey (Mrs Catherine Caughey), Swindon
  • Clare Hayter, Lyme Regis
  • Gil Hayward
  • Elizabeth Henson, Taynuilt
  • John Herivel
    John Herivel
    John W. Herivel was a British science historian and former World War II codebreaker at Bletchley Park.As a codebreaker concerned with Cryptanalysis of the Enigma, Herivel is remembered chiefly for the discovery of what was soon dubbed the Herivel tip or Herivelismus...

  • Audrey Hickey, Enfield
  • Joan Highmore, Salisbury
  • Sgt. Hill, Hendon
  • Alan Hogben, East Molesey
  • Rosemary Hole, Broxbourne
  • Annette Hollis, Bristol
  • Don Horwood, London E.17
  • J. Huddleston, Ulverston
  • Helen Hughes-Chamberlain, Northwood
  • Walter Jacob, New York, USA
  • Dorothy Jacques, Wolverhampton
  • Margaret James, Hatch End
  • Sue James, Blandford Forum
  • June Johnson, Wimbledon
  • R.O.R. Jones, London N.4
  • Josie Kennett, London S.E.8
  • Rachel Kimber, Bristol
  • Pam Knights, Southport
  • Kenneth Le Couteur, Cambridge
  • Sheila Leitch, Greenlaw
  • Arthur Levenson
    Arthur Levenson
    Arthur J. Levenson was a cryptographer, United States Army Officer and NSA Official who worked on J19, the Japanese code and the German Enigma.-Biography:...

  • Betty Lewis, Hereford
  • G.L. Lewis, Thornton Heath
  • Margaret Lord, Oldham
  • Margaret MacAdam, Beaconsfield
  • Elsie MacMillan, Campbelltown
  • J.L. Maile, Ruislip
  • John Marriott
    John Marriott (philatelist)
    John Brook Marriott was a British teacher and philatelist. He was the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection between 1969 and 1995.- Biography :...

    , Prestatyn
  • Barbara Mauritzen
    Barbara Mauritzen
    Barbara Mauritzen, daughter of Karl Mauritzen, a Danish immigrant, was a member of the WRNS during World War II and was posted to HMS Pembroke 5 ....

    , Newbridge, Edinburgh
  • J.Y. McChesney, Edinburgh
  • Eddie Meads, Edgware
  • Donald Michie
    Donald Michie
    Donald Michie was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to the effort to solve "Tunny," a German teleprinter cipher.-Early life and career:Michie was born in Rangoon, Burma...

  • Shirley Miles, Gosforth
  • Elizabeth Miskin, Borough Green
  • Tim Moilien, Coon Valley, USA
  • Muriel Morgans, Saxmundham
  • Odette Murray (Mrs Odette Wylie)
  • Ken Myers, Grantham
  • Max Newman
    Max Newman
    Maxwell Herman Alexander "Max" Newman, FRS was a British mathematician and codebreaker.-Pre–World War II:Max Newman was born Maxwell Neumann in Chelsea, London, England, on 7 February 1897...

  • Muriel Newns, Reigate
  • Sybil Nichols, Carshalton
  • R.A. Notman, Edinburgh
  • W.J.O. O'Donnell, Holyoke, USA
  • Dorothie O'Kelly, Chipperfield
  • Betty Oliver, Coventry
  • Patricia O'Neal, Wiveliscombe
  • Eleanor Outlaw (Mrs Eleanor Ireland), Berkhamstead
  • Betty Pakenham-Walsh (Mrs Betty Higgins), Headington
  • Joyce Palethorpe, Barnet
  • Joy Palmer, Acton
  • Sylvia Palmer, Northwood
  • Anne Paton, Odiham
  • Elizabeth Pellow, London S.W.16
  • Margaret Perry, Towcestor
  • A.R. Philie, London W.C.1
  • Marigold Philips, Derby
  • Lorna Pickering, London N.20
  • Shirley Pierpoint, Wigan
  • Gordon Preston
    Gordon Preston
    Gordon Bamford Preston is an English mathematician who is known for his work on semigroups. He received his D.Phil. in mathematics in 1954 from the University of Oxford.He was born in Workington and brought up in Carlisle...

    , Carlisle
  • Hilda Preston, Preston
  • David Rees
    David Rees (mathematician)
    David Rees ScD Cantab, FIMA, FRS is an emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the University of Exeter, having been head of the Mathematics / Mathematical Sciences Department at Exeter for many years....

  • Vivien Rhodes, Tiverton
  • E.H. Ridgeway, Nether Edge
  • Ann Robb, Cambuslang
  • R.A. Robinson, Norwich
  • J.W. Robson, Hounslow
  • Dawn Romanis (Mrs Dawn Shelton), Lydford
  • Pamela Roscow, Camberley
  • Sally Russell, Whitecross
  • Betty Sharman, Leicester
  • Pamela Skillington, Oakham
  • Anita Skjold, London S.E.2
  • Pauline Smith, Chelmsford
  • Sheila Staley, Bexhill
  • Janet Stokell, Edinburgh
  • Joan Stott, Romiley
  • Kathleen Stradling, Lechlade
  • B. Stratford, Plymouth
  • Gillian Sutton, Swindon
  • Joyce Sweeny, Birkenhead
  • J.Y. Tait, Edinburgh
  • C.D. Thompson, Ipswich
  • Jean Thompson, Putney
  • Anne Thomson, Glasgow
  • Norman Thurlow, London N.14
  • G. Timms, Wetherby
  • Bill Tipler, Norwich
  • Joan Tollit, Northwood
  • Pat Trueman, Haywards Heath
  • Barbara Tucker, Cardiff
  • Molly Turner, Worcestor Park
  • Joyce Tyler, South Harrow
  • Valerie Veney, Southport
  • Meg Vere-Hodge, Woodford Green
  • George Vergine, Arlington, USA
  • Anne Walker, Dollar
  • Hope Walker, Manchester
  • Kay Walpole, Limpsfield
  • Geoff Ward, Sherwood
  • Philip Watson, Cottingham
  • T.J.A. Watters, Twickenham
  • Sheila Wedge, Worcestor
  • Henry Whitehead
    J. H. C. Whitehead
    John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS , known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai , in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960....

    , Oxford
  • Beryl Wildey, Carshalton
  • Iris Wilkinson, Guildford
  • Anne Williams, Worthing
  • Dick Wilson, Cricklewood
  • Barbara Woodman, Worcestor
  • Colin Woods, Leicester
  • Roy Wright, Liverpool
  • Veronica Wright, Nottingham
  • Shaun Wylie
    Shaun Wylie
    Shaun Wylie was a British mathematician and World War II codebreaker.-Early life:Wylie was born in Oxford, England, the fourth son of Sir Francis Wylie, later the first Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford. He was educated at Dragon School and then Winchester College...

    , Byfleet
  • K.D. Zeeman, Edinburgh

Source

  • Ashcroft, M. (ca. 1945), "Newmanry Addresses (incomplete)" The Papers of Max Newman, Box 3/2/1, St John's College Library, Cambridge UK
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