Barbara Quevâtre was 14 when she was evacuated from Guernsey ahead of its occupation by German forces.
Keen to help out she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service in 1944 with the hope of becoming a wireless telegraphist.
The 98-year-old said it was the most important time of her life and she only discovered last year that some of the coded messages she had intercepted were sent from Guernsey.
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WW2 Wren listened to German coded messages sent from Guernsey – BBC News
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