Secret Codebreaker And Queen Victoria Impersonator Mary Ratcliffe Dies At 98

Mary Ratcliffe was a war heroine who helped beat the Nazis. Tributes have been paid to a woman who was a secret code breaker during the Second World War after she died aged 98. PHOTO BY COURTESY RATCLIFFE/SWNS 

Tributes have been paid to a woman who was a secret code breaker during the Second World War after she died aged 98.

Mary Ratcliffe worked at a secret codebreaking base in Middlesex, helping to decipher messages intercepted by the Nazis.