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SusanDoris

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Bletchley Park
« on: September 08, 2019, 06:06:06 PM »
As I may have mentioned, my reader is about half-way through the real history of Bletchley Park. It is extremely interesting and we have learnt about Lt Tony Fasson. In the book it says he was awarded a posthumus VC, but having just spent some time reading various internet pages about him (and the other two brave men) I see he was awarded the George Cross.
Does anyone know why they would have referred to a VC in the book - which is meticulous in its history and detail?
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2019, 07:25:17 PM »
He was awarded the George Cross, not the Victoria Cross, the book has an error.
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Re: Bletchley Park
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2019, 09:02:18 PM »
It was the George Cross, because (I think) it was not "in the face of the enemy".

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Re: Bletchley Park
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2019, 06:19:29 AM »
thank you for above replies. I shall inform the publishers! :)
I can't be the first to have questioned this, though!
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Re: Bletchley Park
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2019, 05:10:42 PM »
Bletchley Park?
Another weired character from Dickens !
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2019, 10:27:59 AM »
There's something about Bletchley Park in 'Watling Street', by John Higgs, which I've nearly finished reading. The codebreakers were mainly upper-class, and there is an anecdote about Admiral Louis Mountbatten, uncle of Prince Phillip and second cousin once removed of Madge, visiting it. As he walked into the main room, a young female codebreaker saw him and said "Hello, uncle Dickie! What are you doing here?". When the government wanted to sell it and move to Cheltenham after the war, they discovered, inconveniently, that they didn't actually own it.
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