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camps. The center included the M Room, with special recording equipment, and the covert approach taken was kept in secret, even from parliament. They recorded private conversations between German prisoners and generals, giving away war secrets in the process.
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for its role in the World War. When the estate was sold in the 1980s, a clause was added by the government to not open a secret wall in the basement for the next 50 years, as it also hide a secret tunnel used by top secret activities.
383:, Hitler’s Deputy, the highest ranking German prisoner ever held by British Intelligence, is believed to have been held at Latimer. Colonel Kendrick was also involved in the training of the OSS for the United States, known as the
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Chesham died in a hunting accident in 1907 when his horse stumbled while jumping a fence. His son John Compton Cavendish who was only 13 years old at the time became the 4th Baron Chesham.
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was saved from bombarding as they destroyed the German's missile base from afar. Hitler had the intention of launching 300 missiles a day on London. Today, Latimer is considered equal in importance to
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and functions as a countryside hotel used for country house weddings and conferences. Latimer Place has a small church, St Mary
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to build the new house which was completed in 1838 and still stands today. A newspaper of that time made the following comment about the property. It stated:
98:, Catherine Hynmers Yale and their daughter, Ursula Yale. Both are buried in the small church on the estate. They rented the estate from their son-in-law
423:. On 12 February 1974, a bomb containing about 20 lbs of explosive, was placed close to one of the main buildings at the National Defence College by the
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took refuge before fleeing abroad, was gutted by fire in the early 1830s and the present red brick Tudor style mansion, which was designed by
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