No contemporary war reports from the German front mention the name of Eric Jones. And there is not much information about him online – in fact there is more about a Welsh climber of the same name. But the Eric Jones who worked in secret at Bletchley Park in the 1940s is soon to be declared a figure of equal importance to Alan Turing.
Recently declassified documents show that Jones, the son of a Macclesfield textile manufacturer, was the man responsible for interpreting and prioritising all the covert intelligence that came into Britain from Nazi-occupied Europe and from spies working near the frontline.
They also show that his decision to force Britain’s rival military forces to work together may well have won the war and it certainly laid the groundwork for success on D-Day. And what is more, Jones later went on to become the first head of the government’s listening station at Cheltenham, GCHQ.
…Unsung Bletchley Park hero whose role in D-Day was equal to Turing’s | World news | The Guardian
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