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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

Bletchley Park codebreaker Joan Clarke honoured with blue plaque

Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke sits at a desk in the light of a desk lamp making notes on a piece of paper
Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke in the 2014 film The Imitation Game. Photograph: Snap Stills/REX

Joan Clarke, the second world war codebreaker who was played by Keira Knightley in the 2014 film The Imitation Game, has been honoured with a commemorative blue plaque ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-day.

The plaque was unveiled on Wednesday at Clarke’s childhood home in south London, English Heritage said.

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