Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Milton Keynes
- Town
- Bletchley
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Charles Gurrey (Sculptor)
Charles Gurrey (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 15 July 2011
Attended by: HM Queen Elizabeth II; former veterans of Bletchley Park
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66360
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Current location
South side of 'B' block
Bletchley Park
The Mansion Bletchley Park
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK3 6EB
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 86578 33954
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two tall slabs of Caithness stone interlinked at the top. One block bears the sculpted names of the 'Outstations'; the other has the words 'We also served', formed of letters at various angles within circles, evoking the wheels of the Bombe machine. There is a Morse Code message engraved on the back of the memorial, which translates to "My most secret source".
- Inscription
- Left block: WE ALSO SERVE Right block: [List of three hundred outstations] Back: [Morse Code translating as "MY MOST SECRET SOURCE"]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height 2438mm
Materials: Stone - Caithness
- Pillar
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- The Bletchley Park Trust
- Reference
- 'Queen unveils Bletchley tribute to WWII codebreakers', BBC News website: [www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14164529]
- Bletchley Park website: [www.bletchleypark.org.uk/]
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