Penelope Joan McKerrow Bright
born 27.9.1910 Argentina
English father,Scottish mother
family moved to England
clerk,British Legation,Mexico City
returned to England 1936
typist,Territorial Army
MI R,War Office April 1939
secretarial staff,Joint Planning Committee
Secret Intelligence Centre,Cabinet War Rooms
Personal Assistant,General Sir Hastings Ismay,Chief of Staff
author "The Inner Circle" 1971
joint author with Sir Peter Wilkinson of "Gubbins and SOE" 1993
married Philip Astley 1949 (died 1958) (1 son)
died 24.12.2008
