People came together in Eastcote to mark the history of a site that was instrumental in decoding enemy signals during the Second World War.
The Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society, Eastcote Residents’ Association and the developers of the Pembroke Park Estate – Taylor Wimpey – have created a plinth at a former code-breaking site, based between Eastcote Road and Lime Grove.
The plinth holds a plaque which commemorates HMS Pembroke V, a military establishment which occupied the site during the Second World War and was an important outstation of the now famous Bletchley Park.
British intelligence service men and women worked on the site after the war, when the site became Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ).
It is now the site of a housing estate, named Pembroke Park, which honours its history in road and building names, including Flowers Avenue, in memory of Tommy Flowers, a British engineer who designed Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer to help solve encrypted German messages.
The Mayor of Hillingdon, Catherine Dann, Eastcote and East Ruislip councillors and local people attended the official unveiling of the plaque on Thursday, November 20.
