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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Generate an image of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (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 Air Ministry Research Establishment ⓘ
Bawdsey Research Station ⓘ
Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment ⓘ
headquartersLocation Malvern College site ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Great Malvern ⓘ
Worcestershire ⓘ
movedTo Malvern ⓘ
Worth Matravers ⓘ
notablePerson Alan Hodgkin ⓘ
Martin Ryle ⓘ
Sir Bernard Lovell ⓘ
Sir Robert Watson-Watt ⓘ
linked to: Robert Watson-Watt
notableWork Gee navigation system ⓘ
H2S radar ⓘ
Oboe navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Oboe

Window radar countermeasures ⓘ
ground-controlled interception radar techniques ⓘ
operatedBy Air Ministry ⓘ
Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
partOf British air defence research effort ⓘ
predecessor Air Ministry Research Establishment ⓘ
Bawdsey Research Station ⓘ
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 Radar Research Establishment ⓘ
Royal Radar Establishment ⓘ
timePeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

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Chain Home → developedBy → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
subject linked to: Chain Home radar network
Telecommunications Research Establishment → predecessor → Air Ministry Research Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Telecommunications Research Establishment
Telecommunications Research Establishment → successor → Radar Research Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Telecommunications Research Establishment
Telecommunications Research Establishment → formerlyKnownAs → Air Ministry Research Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Telecommunications Research Establishment
Arnold Wilkins → employer → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
Arnold Wilkins → employer → Radio Research Station, Slough ⓘ
linked to: Telecommunications Research Establishment
Gee → developer → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
H2S radar → developer → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
Gee navigation system → developer → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
Malvern → hostedInstitution → Radar Research and Development Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Telecommunications Research 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 ⓘ
Frederic C. Williams → employer → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
Royal Radar Establishment → predecessor → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ
Royal Radar Establishment → formedFrom → Telecommunications Research Establishment ⓘ