Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

The British government bought part of Bletchley Park in 1938.

'THE IMPORTANCE

OF 

BLETCHLEY PARK

Bletchley Park grew rapidly in size and importance

as the war progressed. What began with just a handful

of experts became a CODEBREAKING HUB on

an industrial scale, employing around 9,000 people

on site. TOTAL SECRECY remained essential.

Information supplied by Bletchley Park proved

crucial to Britain and its allies at several key points,

including the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Battle of

Cape Matapan, Crete, North Africa, the Battle

of the Atlantic and D-Day. It is estimated that the

Codebreakers' work helped SHORTEN THE WAR

by at least two years, saving many lives on both sides.'

'THE TURING BOMBE REBUILD PROJECT'. Alan Turing (1912–1954) worked at Bletchley Park.

Turing was based in Hut 8, in which there is a reconstruction of his office.

'This statue was donated by

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation

and unveiled by

Abel Hadden

on 19th June 2007'

The slate statue of a man with a great brain but who was driven to suicide by the government's intolerance of his homosexuality. His official pardon didn't come until 2009.