Bletchley Park veteran dies aged 101
Charlotte 'Betty' Webb MBE lived in Worcestershire and worked at the famous code-breaking house in Buckinghamshire.
Last updated 1st Apr 2025
A code breaker from Bletchley Park has passed away aged 101.
Charlotte 'Betty' Webb from Wythall in Worcestershire was 18 in 1941 when she joined the team at Bletchley Park, where they worked to break down coded military messages from Germany and other countries.
Betty helped crack codes at the famous stately in Buckinghamshire, first as a typist during WWII and later a recruiter.
She earned an MBE and many medals and would reunite with veterans annually, returning to the scene of their wartime service at the annual Bletchley Park reunion at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes.
Her death was announced by the Women's Royal Army Corps Association, who say she passed away yesterday 31 March.
In a post online they said:
"Last night we lost a proud ATS and WRAC veteran, Bletchley code breaker, Knight of the Légion d’Honneur, WRAC Association member, and President of our Birmingham Branch. Betty inspired women in the Army for decades and we will continue to take pride in her service during WWII and beyond, and as a champion of female veterans."
We spoke to Betty in June 2024, for the D-Day anniversary, about her time at Bletchley.
She told us she didn't hear much news at all about the D-Day landings taking place on the 6 June 1944:
"We just had to wait for the news to trickle through as and when really," Betty said.
"The sad thing was at my level, I certainly didn't know anything about it on the actual day, it was some time before we were given the news, but it wasn't immediate.
"Clearly the senior people at Bletchley might've known much more about it, but we just had to wait."