ON THE NORTH side of the stable yard are three
attached cottages. Bletchley Park staff were
accommodated in these buildings throughout the
war. The head groom originally occupied the one
on the far left. The granary, converted to a
flat, is the protruding building in the centre of
the picture.
On the right, the 'tack room' was
later used as an office and residence. It was
to "The Cottage" that Gordon Welchman was sent
after his arrival at Bletchley Park on 4 September
1939, and it was here that he met Dilwyn Knox,
a former graduate in Greek literature from Kings
College, Cambridge. Knox had joined the naval
intelligence department, I.D.5, in WW1 and had
stayed on in the service (later known as GCCS)
in the inter-war years. 'Dilly' Knox did much of
the work on 'Tunny' here. He was in poor health,
and died on 27 February 1943 before he was
able to see the full result of his labours.
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