10/03/20
Rolf Noskwith
It is with great sadness we announce the death of Rolf Noskwith on Tuesday 3rd January 2017. Aged 97 he was the last of the leading Bletchley Park codebreakers who worked on the German Enigma ciphers.
Rolf was born on June 19 1917 in the German city of Chemnitz. In 1932 the family moved to Britain and his father set up the textile factory Charnos in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
During his time at Nottingham High School, Rolf was a member of White’s House. He played rugby, rowed and was a member of the Dramatic Society, Stamp Club and Chess Club. His tutor noted him as being ‘brilliant and hard-working’.
After leaving Nottingham he read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Our thoughts are with his widow Annette and son Adrian, who was also a pupil at Nottingham High School (ON 1968 – 1978).
Obituary – The Nottingham Post
Photograph taken by Andrew McCarthy (ON 1968 – 1978). Andrew’s photographs have been used in many national newspapers covering the Obituary of Rolf Noskwith.