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Sarah Greenaway Miall ( née Leith , 18 Dec 1918 – 6 October 2010 ) , was a Brits rally driver
and novelist , and a Second World warfare codebreaker at Bletchley Park .== too soon life
sentence == She was born Sarah Greenaway Leith on 18 December 1918 at New Marguerite
Radclyffe Hall , Romford , Essex , the daughter of ( St. George Easlemont ) Gordon Leith
( 1885–1965 ) , a South African architect who had served as a senior pilot in the Royal force
field Artillery ( and was recovering from a Western Front gas attack at the time of her
birth ) , and his married woman , Ethel Virgin Mary Leith , née Cox ( 1888–1974 ) .Most of
Sally 's childhood took blank space in Johannesburg .In 1934 , together with her female
parent and two sister , she went back to England , and was educated at Roedean School near
Brighton , followed by a knight bachelor 's arcdegree in English from Newnham College ,
Cambridge .== life history == During the Second World warfare , she worked as a
codebreaker at Bletchley Park .In 1956 , Sally won the ladies ' cup in the Acropolis Rally in
capital of Greece , Greece , driving a Fiat 600 .She worked as secretary to the British School
in Athens , and served a committee of academic archeologist from the capital of the United
Kingdom office in Gordon square , which involved yearly trips to various archaeological jibe
in Hellenic Republic streak by the school .As Sally Bicknell , she published several novels ,
including The Midwinter violin ( 1973 ) , The summer of the storage warehouse ( 1979 ) ,
and Follow that Uncle !( 1980 ) .== Selected publication == The Midwinter Violins ( 1973 )
The Summer of the Warehouse ( 1979 ) Follow that Uncle !( 1980 ) == Personal lifespan ==
On 26 July 1940 , Sally Leith married a fellow Cambridge bookman , Nigel Bicknell ( 1918–
1990 ) , then a pilot burner in the Volunteer substitute .They had four Son together ,
Stephen Bicknell ( 1957-2007 ) the organ builder and author about the organ , and Marcus ,
Alexander and Julian .They divorced in 1975 , and later that yr , she married the BBC
broadcaster and executive Leonard Miall ( 1914-2005 ) .== Later life == After her s husband
died in 2005 , she continued to live at Maryfield Cottage in Taplow until shortly before her
last from colon Cancer on 6 Oct 2010 at Austenwood nursing home base in Gerrards
Cross .== quotation ==