John Robert Mills

John Mills
John Mills aged 60 in 1976
Born	(1916-11-12)12 November 1916 Barnes, Surrey, England
Died	6 May 1998(1998-05-06) (aged 81) Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Alma mater	Kings College London
Spouse(s)	Pauline Phelps (m. 1950)
Children	Two sons
Awards	1971 Fellow IEE (Now IET since 2006 )
Scientific career
Fields	Defence Scientist Specialist in: Radar, Military Communications and Navigation Systems
Institutions	AMRE, Dundee RAE, Farnbourough TRE, RRE, Malvern Min Tech, London SRDE, Christchurch RSRE, Malvern

John Robert Mills (FIEE) (12 November 1916 – 6 May 1998), was a British physicist and scientific expert who played an important role in the development of Radar and the defence of Britain in World War II. After the war he continued his career working for various British government research establishments on a variety of projects until his retirement in 1977.

In addition to many achievements and contributions to military technological development, Mills was the first British scientist to receive radio-wave signals bounced off the moon

Following his education at the Kingston upon Thames Grammar School he gained a BSc in physics at Kings College London in 1939 (The start of World War II) and later the same year he joined the Air Ministry Research Establishment in Dundee. In 1940 he moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough and in 1942 moved to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) in Malvern which later became the Radar Research Establishment (RRE) and later still the Royal Radar Establishment (RRE) where he stayed until 1960.

John Mills was part of a ground breaking group during the Second World War that established Radar as both a meaningful defence, particularly against enemy aircraft, and guidance technology. This included air navigation systems and later, as a member of the (Offensive) Airborne Radar Division at RRE, the development of infra-red and radar targeting and reconnaissance systems for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.