Nicholas tells us: – “My late father CEF Peachey was at TRE Malvern. He started at RAF Bawdsey where radar was first developed under Robert Watson Watt, then to Worth Matravers, then Scotland and finally TRE Malvern. He was not a boffin but was responsible for ensuring the security of the establishments. Between the wars…… Continue reading CEF Peachey
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father used to rent his bath out to the army different nights of the week!
Julie tells us “n 1979 we moved into a house in Leigh Sinton Road not one of the ministry houses, a little higher up the road but close to pale manor. The previous owner’s son told me that during the wartime, his father used to rent his bath out to the army different nights of…… Continue reading father used to rent his bath out to the army different nights of the week!
Sandy Munro
Viv Munro writes: – ” I am one of the daughters of Sandy Munro who worked at RSRE, joining TRE, because the government said he was too clever to join the war due to his University degree he dedicated his lifetime discovering things in the Defence Sector.”
Frederick Ernest Calcraft
Susan tells us:: – My father Frederick Ernest Calcraft was in the RAF, and worked on Radar throughout the war. He didn’t talk about it much at all. My parents married in 1940, lived in Essex had a little transport cafe which my mother ran while he was away. All I know was he was…… Continue reading Frederick Ernest Calcraft
Alan Stackman remembers his old boss Eric Ackermann
An interesting article by Anne Diamond about her father’s work with radar during the war. He may well have known my old boss Eric Ackermann. He joined the Telecommunications Research Establishment RTE early in 1940 and like her father flew many sorties researching enemy radar and testing our own detection and counter measures. For his…… Continue reading Alan Stackman remembers his old boss Eric Ackermann
Robert Willie remembers his Mother and Father, Doris and Eric on the Beacon 1944
My Mother and Father, Doris and Eric on the Beacon 1944
Billet for Graham Russell
Billet for Graham Russell TRE Malvern visited by my family from 1948 to 52
Leanne Seward remembers her Dad Arthur William Hanson
After hearing Anne Diamond talk about the development of Radar in Malvern my mother and I thought we should let you know about my father’s work in Bridgenorth. My father Arthur William Hanson was a young Chartered Electrical Engineer who worked at RGD (Radio Gramophone Development Company) in Bridgenorth Shropshire. Having thought about it I wonder…… Continue reading Leanne Seward remembers her Dad Arthur William Hanson
Sue rememebers her Dad John (aka Jack) Porteous
My father, John (aka Jack) Porteous began working at TRE in 1942 after attending a course in Melksham, Wiltshire. He wasn’t a boffin but a very practical man ,having served his apprenticeship as a watchmaker with the firm of Cassidy’s in Worcester . His notebook from the Melksham course is full of notes about cameras…… Continue reading Sue rememebers her Dad John (aka Jack) Porteous
Brenda remembers her Dad Derick Clarke
Thank you for setting up the radar family website, I have enjoyed reading the posts and viewing old photographs. My earliest memory is the long shared garden at Malvern House overlooking Priory Park, converted into flats for T.R.E. families. We later moved to a Ministry house in Leigh Sinton Road, Malvern Link and I was able…… Continue reading Brenda remembers her Dad Derick Clarke
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