Whaddon Hall
Whaddon Hall is a manor house in Whaddon in the English county of Buckinghamshire . It is located six kilometers west of Bletchley Park ( BP ), the former central military department that in World War II successfully with the deciphering of the German dealt message traffic. The strategic and tactical ultra- information for the Allied troops and agents derived from this was forwarded from Whaddon Hall and mostly sent by radio . It also served as the Radio Security Service (RSS) quarter .
history
The first building was erected here in the 11th century, which was subsequently rebuilt several times and a park was added in the 15th century . In the late 18th century, it was demolished and in the early 19th century by the construction of the mansion ( english The Mansion replaced).
During the first half of the 1940s, Whaddon Hall served as the headquarters of Division VII of the British Foreign Intelligence Service MI6 , also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) . It was an important branch of BP and was the transmission point for the transmission of its own radio messages.
Web links
- Color photograph by Whaddon Hall, accessed July 12, 2017.
- WWII secret intelligence activities araound Milton Keynes accessed on July 12, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gordon Welchman: The Hut Six Story - Breaking the Enigma Codes . Allen Lane, London 1982; Cleobury Mortimer M&M, Baldwin Shropshire 2000, p. 11. ISBN 0-947712-34-8 .
- ^ Whaddon Hall, Milton Keynes, England (English), accessed July 12, 2017.
- ^ The Y Service 1939-1945, Locations , accessed on July 12, 2017.
Arkley View | Beaumanor | Beeston Hill | Bletchley | Brora | Chatham | Chicksands | Denmark Hill | Flowerdown | Forest Moor | Hanslope | Harpenden | Hawklaw | Knockholt | Lydd | Scarborough | Southwold | Whaddon Hall | Wick
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 14.8 ″ N , 0 ° 49 ′ 30 ″ W.