- SURNAME
Bonsall
- FORENAME
Arthur Wilfred (Bill)
- UNIT
SIS (GCHQ)
- RANK
Director
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- PLACE
UK 1977
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.6.1917 Middlesbrough
son of Wilfred C. and Sarah (nee Frank) Bonsall
educated Bishop's Stortford School
graduated St Catharine's College,Cambridge
Government Code and Cypher School,Bletchley Park 31.12.1939 (Air Section) - 1945
MI6 postwar (monitoring Soviet radio intelligence)
GCHQ (Soviet Union and Middle East) 1948 -
Director of GCHQ 1973-78 (retired)
tax commissioner
married Joan Wingfield (GC and CS) 17.11.1941 (7 children)
died 26.11.2014 Cheltenham
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