Telecommunications Research Establishment

52°06′00″N 2°18′58″W / 52.100°N 2.316°W / 52.100; -2.316

Huts of the TRE, Malvern, winter 1942-3
Radar research memorial at St Aldhelm's Head near Worth Matravers, unveiled by Sir Bernard Lovell

The Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) was the main United Kingdom research and development organisation for radio navigation, radar, infra-red detection for heat seeking missiles, and related work for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II and the years that followed. It was regarded as "the most brilliant and successful of the English wartime research establishments" under "Rowe, who saw more of the English scientific choices between 1935 and 1945 than any single man."[1]

The name was changed to Radar Research Establishment in 1953, and again to the Royal Radar Establishment in 1957. This article covers the precursor organizations and the Telecommunications Research Establishment up to the time of the name change. The later work at the site is described in the separate article about RRE.

  1. ^ C. P. Snow (1963). Science and Government. London: The New English Library.