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The war also claimed his older brother Leslie, who had been a telegraphist on HMS Penelope and died when she was sunk off the Italian coast near Naples in February 1944.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
After divorcing her husband, she was posted to RAF Gibraltar where she worked as a telegraphist, a job which saw her work with morse code and given high level security clearance.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Among them was Ron Harris, 85, from Manchester, a telegraphist on board HMS Offa who was the first on the ship to learn that victory had been declared in Europe.
From BBC ● May 8, 2010
One, a telegraphist, seized the Morse key, clicked frantic appeals for help.
From Time Magazine Archive
It came with Mr. Fleming, the telegraphist, who bicycled over to our house with it in his pouch.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
