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Breaking in at Bletchley: Mavis Batey, student codebreaker

UCL German alumna Mavis Batey, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII, features as one of the Faces of UCL200

31 March 2026

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UCL German alumna Mavis Batey, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII, features as one of the Faces of UCL200:

Discover her Faces of UCL profile to find out more about her story

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