Telecommunications Research Establishment

The Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) was established in Worth Matravers, which is four miles to the west of Swanage, in May 1940, as the central research group for RAF applications of radar. It moved to Malvern College, Worcestershire in August 1942 because of fears that the Germans might launch their own Biting like commando raid against it if it remaind by the coast.

Related Topics:
Worth Matravers - Swanage - 1940 - RAF - Radar - Malvern - College - Worcestershire - 1942 - Biting

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Development of radar had been initiated by Sir Henry Tizard's Aeronautical Research Committee in 1935 at Orfordness near Ipswich. The group moved to the nearby Bawdsey Research Station in 1936 and from there to Worth Matravers in early summer 1940.

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Henry Tizard - Aeronautical Research Committee - 1935 - Orfordness - Ipswich - Bawdsey - 1936

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TRE worked closly with the MI6 science advisor, R. V. Jones, in countering the Luftwaffe's navigational beam technology to hamper the enemy's ability to do pinpoint night bombing raids in what has become known as the battle of the beams.

Related Topics:
MI6 - R. V. Jones - Luftwaffe - Battle of the beams

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TRE was combined with the Army Radar Establishment in 1953 to become the Radar Research Establishment - and was renamed the Royal Radar Establishment in 1957. It became the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment when the Army Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) moved to Malvern in about 1980. The whole was swallowed by the Defence Research Agency in 1991.

Related Topics:
Army Radar Establishment - 1953 - Royal Radar Establishment - Royal Signals and Radar Establishment - Signals Research and Development Establishment - 1980 - Defence Research Agency - 1991

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