Memorial

Bletchley Park Polish Codebreakers

Memorial in 2018

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

East side of the stableyard., Bletchley Park, The Mansion Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EB, England

SP 86399 33938

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 66362
Description: A plaque sculpted like an open book, set on two marble slabs, in front of a low wall bearing a contributors plaque.
Inscription: Left page: THIS / PLAQUE / COMME- / MORATES / THE WORK OF / MARIAN REJEWSKI. / JERZY RÓŻYCKI AND / HENRYK ZYGALSKI - / MATHEMATICIANS OF / THE POLISH INTELLIGE- / NCE SERVICE. IN FIRST / BREAKING THE ENIGMA / CODE. THEIR WORK GREATLY / ASSISTED THE BLETCHLEY / PARK CODE BREAKERS AND / CONTRIBUTED TO THE AL- / LIED VICTORY IN WORLD / WAR II (This plaque commemorates the work of (names) mathematicians of the Polish Intelligence Service in first breaking the Enigma code. Their work greatly assisted the Bletchley Park code breakers and contributed to the allied victory in World War II) Right page: [In Polish]

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Plaque

Condition: Good

Wall

Made from: Brick

Condition: Good