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Stuart Milner-Barry

British codebreaker, civil servant, and chess player (1906-1995) · United Kingdom · On the map · Chess Players · Died at 88

Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry was a British chess player, chess writer, World War II cryptologist, and civil servant. He represented England in chess before and after World War II.

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The original Hut 6 building (photographed in 2004). Milner-Barry joined Hut 6 in early 1940, and worked in the section throughout World War II. He became head of Hut 6 in Autumn 1943.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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