12 Facts About Pamela Rose

Pamela Rose was an actress who later worked at Bletchley Park running Naval Hut 4's indexing section.

Susan Pamela Gibson was born during a zeppelin raid on 29 November 1917 in Knightsbridge, London, a daughter of Thornely and Elizabeth Gibson.

Pamela Rose's father was a stockbroker but had been an opera singer in his earlier life.

Pamela Rose attended Broadstairs Preparatory School and then Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire.

Pamela Rose returned to the UK and trained at the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art in London.

Pamela Rose met her future husband, Jim Rose, during amateur dramatics at Bletchley Park when they both worked there during the Second World War.

Pamela Rose was the guest on an episode of BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs in 2015.

Pamela Rose played one of the lead roles in Synge's The Playboy of the Western World opposite Cyril Cusack at the Mercury Theatre, London.

Pamela Rose was offered a post at Bletchley Park and worked there for the rest of the Second World War.

Pamela Rose was in charge of this index that eventually expanded to occupy 3 rooms.

Pamela Rose declared that this was more important than any of her work at Bletchley Park.

Pamela Rose continued acting until her 90's, when her eyesight began fading.