Catalogue description Government Code and Cypher School: Cheadle Station: War Diaries and Miscellaneous Records

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Title: Government Code and Cypher School: Cheadle Station: War Diaries and Miscellaneous Records
Description:

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.
Date: 1917-1945
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 102 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1995-2004 Government Communications Headquarters
Accruals: Series is not accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

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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