On this day in 1911, Sir Cuthbert Quilter died. Born in 1841, Cuthbert was a stockbroker and, from 1885-1906, an MP for Sudbury, credited with introducing a bill to secure the purity of beer. In 1896,…

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On this day in 1932, Stanley Baldwin delivered his ‘A Fear for the Future Speech’ to Parliament. His speech contained the famous idea that ‘the bomber will always get through’. Baldwin outlined that Britain’s air defence…

Juliet Quilter 1965 – 2024 Trustee, volunteer, friend. Juliet was a direct descendent of Cuthbert Quilter, who built Bawdsey Manor. The Manor played a significant role in the early development of radar and Juliet played a…

On the 9th October 1944, a V2 rocket exploded off the coast of Bawdsey. The radar station at RAF Bawdsey played an important role in defending against these incoming missiles. A monitoring system codenamed ‘Oswald’ was…

On the 9th October 1935, Robert Watson Watt sent a memo to the Air Ministry proposing that a network of stations be established along the coast using the newly developed radar technology in order to give…

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On the 24th September 1937, RAF Bawdsey became the first fully operational RDF site in Great Britain, forming the first link of the chain of radar stations known as Chain Home. This network of radar stations…

On the 9th September 1935, Robert Watson Watt sent a memo to the Air Ministry proposing that a network of stations be established along the coast using the newly developed radar technology in order to give…

On the 3rd of September 1939, the Second World War broke out. It was decided that RAF Bawdsey, due to its coastal location, was vulnerable enemy attack and so it was at this time that the…