Jean Annette Watters
Civilian
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Jean Watters (nee Briggs), Women's Royal Naval Service, and wife of John Watters
Image courtesy of the Watters Family
Jean (Nee Briggs) was born in Bury St Edmunds and joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as soon as she turned 18. She worked at Eastcote, a satellite of Bletchley Park, operating the machines which helped the Allies crack encrypted German messages. Her work was so secret that she did not tell her family about it for 30 years. Her husband remembered, ‘I turned to Jeanie and I said “you mean to tell me after six children, dragging you all over the world, you couldn’t tell me?” and she says “No, I signed the Official Secrets Act and I couldn’t.”’
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Assistant Operations Officer
Places
- Site type: USAAF heritage site
- Known as: AAM
- Site type: Military site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
15 September 2018 | ||
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