Ron BrownMy connection was a a wirless operator and, so, of course I was not involved with the actual code breaking. When the wartime activities of B.P was finally out in the open some years ago I was disappointed that no mention of the communications aspect was ever referred to. Indeed, when I did visit B.P I was again rather disillusioned that nothing was For my part, I was originally enlisted in the R.A.F and trained as a wireless operator and very quickly put on a troopship bound for the Middle East. At Suez I was "snatched" by Special Communications Unit No.1 as I was apparently regarded as a top rate operator.The base unit was a nondescript building at the back of the large Allied base at Heliopolis.From there we were sent wherever the General/Commander/Whatever. thus we were alongside General Montgomery during his Western Desert battles. I also did a year up at Beirut alongside the submarine Commander there. Then across and all the way up Italy |