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Government Code and Cypher School: Cheadle Station: War Diaries and Miscellaneous...
Catalogue reference: HW 2
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HW 2
War diaries, some reports of intercepts, and other records of the Y Station based at Cheadle RAF Station. The earlier records consist of the Cheadle War Diaries, which contain narratives on what was occurring in the various theatres as background...
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HW 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Government Code and Cypher School: Cheadle Station: War Diaries and Miscellaneous Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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War diaries, some reports of intercepts, and other records of the Y Station based at Cheadle RAF Station. The earlier records consist of the Cheadle War Diaries, which contain narratives on what was occurring in the various theatres as background to each month's activity. These narratives were not wholly based on sigint. It is thought the war diaries were written in the late 1940s.
Two pieces relate to air force interception work carried out at RAF Waddington prior to World War II, before the RAF intercept station was moved to Cheadle.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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102 files and volumes
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1995-2004 Government Communications Headquarters
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This series consists of records produced by RAF Y, or intercept, stations detailing their work intercepting air force communications. The intercept station was based at RAF Waddington until the mid 1930s, and then at RAF Cheadle.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9281/
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