Telecommunications Research Establishment

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The Telecommunications Research Establishment was a British wartime radar and electronics research organization that played a key role in advancing radar technology and air defense systems during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government agency
military research organization
radar research establishment
activeDuring World War II
contributedTo Allied strategic bombing navigation and targeting
British night-fighter interception capability
Chain Home radar system development
country United Kingdom
endTime 1953
fieldOfWork air defence systems
electronics
radar
radio navigation
formerlyKnownAs Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Air Ministry Research Establishment

Bawdsey Research Station
Ministry of Aircraft Production
surface form: Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment
headquartersLocation Malvern College site
locatedIn England
Great Malvern
Worcestershire, England
surface form: Worcestershire
movedTo Malvern
Worth Matravers
notablePerson Alan Hodgkin
Martin Ryle
Sir Bernard Lovell
Robert Watson-Watt
surface form: Sir Robert Watson-Watt
notableWork Gee navigation system
H2S radar
Oboe
surface form: Oboe navigation system

Window radar countermeasures
ground-controlled interception radar techniques
operatedBy Air Ministry
Ministry of Aircraft Production
partOf British air defence research effort
predecessor Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Air Ministry Research Establishment

Bawdsey Research Station
Ministry of Aircraft Production
surface form: Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment
researchFocus centimetric radar
microwave radar
radar countermeasures
radio-frequency engineering
significantEvent evacuation from Bawdsey at outbreak of World War II
relocation to Malvern in 1942
relocation to Worth Matravers in 1940
startTime 1940
successor Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Radar Research Establishment

Bawdsey Research Station
surface form: Royal Radar Establishment
timePeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War

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Chain Home radar network developedBy Telecommunications Research Establishment
subject surface form: Chain Home
Telecommunications Research Establishment predecessor Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Air Ministry Research Establishment
Telecommunications Research Establishment successor Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Radar Research Establishment
Telecommunications Research Establishment formerlyKnownAs Telecommunications Research Establishment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Air Ministry Research Establishment
Arnold Wilkins employer Telecommunications Research Establishment
Arnold Wilkins employer Telecommunications Research Establishment
this entity surface form: Radio Research Station, Slough
Gee developer Telecommunications Research Establishment
H2S radar developer Telecommunications Research Establishment
Gee navigation system developer Telecommunications Research Establishment
Malvern hostedInstitution Telecommunications Research Establishment
this entity surface form: Radar Research and Development Establishment
Malvern hostedInstitution Telecommunications Research Establishment
United Kingdom’s wartime scientific establishment includes Telecommunications Research Establishment
GEE developer Telecommunications Research Establishment
Edward George Bowen employer Telecommunications Research Establishment