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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

Medals awarded to telegraphist Harold Cottam, who helped save 700 passengers on the Titanic, were also sold at the auction in Wiltshire on Saturday.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2023

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 was a medical, one was a telegraphist, another was a motor driver, another was a clerk with an air force unit.

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