Ruth Bourne died on Dec 17 2025. She spoke with The Telegraph earlier this year to share her remarkable story. If you presented 99-year-old Ruth Bourne with a Bombe, the electromechanical ...

Bombe machines were enormous electronic testing devices with 100 rotating drums, 12 miles of wire and 1 million soldered connections. Hoping for a “stop” that would reveal the setting of the Enigma ...

Ms Bourne grew up in Birmingham but latterly lived in High Barnet, north London. After joining the Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service) aged 17, she worked at sites around Bletchley Park in ...

The grandchild of Second World War codebreaker Ruth Bourne has described her as "intelligent, creative, and witty" whilst paying homage following her passing at the age of 99. Ms Bourne was raised in ...

WORLD War Two codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who worked with Alan Turing to crack the German Enigma code, has died aged 99. Ms Bourne, grew up in Birmingham but later lived in High Barnet, north London, ...

Ms Bourne's grandchild has offered an emotional tribute to the code breaker WORLD War Two codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who worked with Alan Turing to crack the German Enigma code, has died aged 99. Ms ...

Tributes have been paid to Second World War Bletchley Park codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who has died at the age of 99. Ms Bourne, who grew up in Birmingham but lived High Barnet in north London, worked as ...

Ruth Bourne, 98 and Bernard Morgan, 100, hold hands as they join World War Two veterans at a tea party organized by the Royal British Legion at The Ritz, London [PA] A World War Two codebreaker who ...

Tributes have been paid to Second World War Bletchley Park codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who has died at the age of 98. Ms Bourne, from High Barnet in north London, worked as a Bombe machine operator and ...

A World War Two codebreaker who worked at Bletchley Park as a Bombe machine operator and checker has died at the age of 98. Ruth Bourne, a Jewish veteran from High Barnet, north London, joined the ...