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Neither was ABC_Computer.
Conrad Zeus came up with the Z3 in 1941. One year before ABC_Computer. It was Turing complete, binary and programmable but used relays instead of vacuum tubes. This was according to the link you provided. It depends on how you word the title.

http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/Z3-Computer-1939.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3
http://irb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zuse/Konrad_Zuse/en/Rechner_Z3.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/z3_computer

However Mockley was an infringer. Probably used there is a war going on excuse after pleading ignorant of the situation didn't work.
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