Bletchley Park’s saviour who rebuilt Colossus computer dies aged 80

One of the masterminds behind the rebuilding of a computer that hastened the end of the Second World War has died.

Tony Sale, 80, was instrumental in the successful 1990s rebuild of Colossus – the world’s first operational computer and a vital part of the war effort from 1944 onwards.

He also helped save Bletchley Park, Britain’s war-time codebreaking centre, for the nation.