Barbara Mauritzen

Barbara Mauritzen was a member of the WRNS during World War II and was posted to HMS Pembroke 5 (billeted at Woburn Abbey).

She was one of the female operators first of the Robinson and then Colossus decoding computers under Max Newman (in the Newmanry) at Bletchley Park. Following VE day her retraining in Japanese was cut short by the Japanese capitulation.

Mauritzen was the daughter of Karl Mauritzen, a Danish immigrant. After demobilisation she returned to Edinburgh to work in her family's shipping business.