Irene Dixon

Irene Sarah Dixon (1 June 1924 – 1 January 2021), Bletchley Park codebreaker was born in East London and in 1943 was one of the first women sent to the top secret unit decoding signals from Hitler's high command, during World War II, and maintaining secrecy about their work for decades after.

Biography Irene Dixon was born Irene Sarah Griffiths, in Whitechapel, London to father James Griffiths, employed at the Beckton Gas Works and mother Sarah Griffiths, née Flowerday who was a housewife and secretary of the women's section of the local branch of the Labour Party. which was also known as HMS Pembroke, in reality the stately home, Woburn Abbey. She was known there as Rene Griffiths.

After the war she returned to work for Unilever, was promoted to manager. In 1951, she married Sidney Harold Dixon, who was a quantity surveyor. They lived in Barking and were actively involved in the local church, and had two children Gillian and Graham; Irene Dixon was remembered for her 'energy, personality and [her] humour charmed everyone.'

Death Dixon cared for her husband, Sid, until his death in 2020, and herself died less than a year later.