
The highly eccentric Alfred Dillwyn Knox, known as 'Dilly', was one of the leading figures in the British code-breaking successes of the two world wars. Mavis Batey, who worked for Knox at Bletchley Park, reveals the vital part Dilly played in the deception operation that...


Alfred "Dilly" Knox was Britain's leading wartime codebreaker, an eccentric genius who did more than anyone to decipher the Nazi Enigma codes, thereby shortening the war. Mavis Batey worked at Bletchley Park during the war; few knew Dilly better. She advised Kate Winslet on...