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@GCHQ

The UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency, helping to keep the UK safe online and in the real world. Follow the cyber security arm of our mission @NCSC.
United Kingdom gchq.gov.uk Joined January 2016
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GCHQ @GCHQ
When you go home
Tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today

The words of the Kohima Epitaph will be read at Remembrance ceremonies across the world, but did you know the origins of the text came from a wartime codebreaker?

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A large, illuminated red circle is depicted at night with a silhouetted barbed wire fence in the foreground. Text at the top reads: "When you go home... The story behind the Kohima Epitaph" alongside a logo in the upper right corner.
A red circular background features text from the Kohima Epitaph: "When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today." Barbed wire silhouettes and accompanying text highlight its significance for November ceremonies.
A historical text image featuring information about John Maxwell Edmonds, a Cambridge classicist turned wartime codebreaker. A sepia-toned portrait of Edmonds is displayed. The text discusses his work for the War Office’s codebreaking bureau, M.I.1(b), which later became part of the GCHQ.
A large satellite dish glowing red is behind a barbed wire fence. Text at the bottom mentions remembrance services and "GCHQ.
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