Scientists – `Radar Families'

Karen remembers her father – Charles Ditchfield

My father won a scholarship to Cambridge University in 1939 & his arrival there was delayed by 3 weeks because of the outbreak of WWII. He obtained both a BA & MA in Natural Science & was hoping to stay on at Trinity Hall & do his PhD but in July 1942 the University was…… Continue reading Karen remembers her father – Charles Ditchfield

My father, Geoffrey Wilfred FYNN. Radar and other ‘things.’

Geoffrey Fynn (jnr.) shares his father’s story. The comment that the “Locals thought they were conscientious objectors…” was what initially caught my eye in the article in The Mail on Sunday, 14th March 2021. For years during the Second World War and afterwards, my father’s sister would not talk to him as she assumed that…… Continue reading My father, Geoffrey Wilfred FYNN. Radar and other ‘things.’

My father in law – does anyone remember him?

Rosemarie remembers: – My father in law was a Scientific Instrument Maker and classroom Assistant at Marlborough College and was called up to serve at Worth Matravers … He went in 1943, moved to Malvern and my Mother in law didn’t see him again until after the war. In fact she thought he was having…… Continue reading My father in law – does anyone remember him?

the scientist with the basket on his head

Christine Escrit remembers: – Yes, I remember the scientist you mentioned with the basket on his head. I lived with my family of 5 kids half a mile from the girls college for 18 years. I eventually worked for REME at one of the old radar sites in Malvern Link. The best childhood!

Radar and Malvern’s Secret Scientists

The country’s Telecommunications and Radar Establishment (TRE) came to Malvern in May 1942. It was responsible for radar for the RAF (ground and airborne) and for the Fleet Air Arm. Most of the scientists who came with TRE were fit, young, clever men and women. They lived either in a large former hotel in the…… Continue reading Radar and Malvern’s Secret Scientists