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Patricia Davies
Patricia Davies may refer to: * Patricia Davies (codebreaker) (born 1923), British codebreaker * Patricia Davies (field hockey) Patricia ("Trish") Joan Davies (born 5 December 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capita ... (born 1956), Zimbabwean hockey player See also * Pat Davies (other) {{hndis, Davies, Patricia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Davies (codebreaker)
Patricia Davies (née Owtram; born 19 June 1923) is an English former codebreaker who served as a special duties linguist in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War II. She and her younger sister Jean Argles are often referred to as "The Codebreaking Sisters". As a teenage interceptor, Davies listened to radio transmissions in both German and encrypted code as part of the British war effort, transcribing and decoding the messages and passing them on to Bletchley Park. After the war, Davies was a television producer, journalist, and author. She was also an organiser of the Chiswick Women’s Institute and a patron of the Sea Cadets. Until Argles died in 2023, the sisters were the last to have been required to sign the Official Secrets Act. In their later years they discovered that each had been doing top secret war work. In their nineties, they appeared frequently on radio and television relating stories of their wartime activities. Their book ''Codebreaking Sisters: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Davies (field Hockey)
Patricia ("Trish") Joan Davies (born 5 December 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with .... Because of the boycott by the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games. She coached the Zimbabwe national team at the 2022 Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations. She coached the Zimbabwe women's junior is 2016 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |