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SUMMARY:Friday Morning Talks: Nine from One: The true story of 9 RAF pilots from 1 family in 106 years - With Anthony Inglis
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Friday morning talk\, where renowned Music Director Anthony Inglis Howard-Williams ARCM will talk about his family’s incredible RAF service. \nThis presentation\, given by an ambassador for the Royal Air Forces Association\, is the story of his own family sending nine members to war. Incredibly\, all survived. All except one served in the 2nd World War\, and two were in the RFC/RNAS. They number an Air Marshal who came up with the idea of the Dunkirk little ships and was CAS for the RNZAF\, to a Flight Lieutenant in 18 Sqn currently flying Chinooks out of Odiham. There was also an Air Commodore who was number 2 to Dowding at Bentley Priory when Keith Park was absent\, later becoming executive chairman of RAFA\, founding Airmail. A Battle of Britain pilot with Douglas Bader in 19 Sqn at Duxford from the start. An Air-Vice Marshal who after Pearl Harbour persuaded Roosevelt against the advice of his own service chiefs\, that Churchill’s request for the “Germany First” policy was agreed\, ensuring the success of the Arcadia Conference. A Flt Lt who joined the RAF at the age of 66. A Group Captain who is credited with the joint highest number of pathfinder operations in WW2 and a Sqn Ldr who flew a ME410 in 1944 out of Farnborough. \n \nAbout the speaker: \nFor 25 years\, he was Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra and for 33 years from 1987 until 2020\, Music Director/Supervisor/Consultant of Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. Since 2017 he has been Music Director of the London Concert Orchestra and since 2004 Music Director for the Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins.  He is equally at home in the world of opera. \n  \nThis talk will take place onsite in the Museum’s Learning Centre and is included in Museum admission or Annual Membership. \nAdvance booking required – please reserve your seat via the link below. \nReserve Your Place
URL:https://bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/friday-morning-talks-nine-from-one-the-true-story-of-9-raf-pilots-from-1-family-in-106-years-with-anthony-inglis/
LOCATION:Bentley Priory Museum\, Mansion House Drive\, Stanmore\, HA7 3FB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Friday Morning Talks
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SUMMARY:Friday Morning Talks: Forgotten Air VC's of The Great War - With Jim Nicolson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Friday morning talk\, where Jim Nicolson will talk us through the stories of four of the lesser known flying Victoria Cross recipients during The Great War. \n628 Victoria Crosses were awarded during the great war\, but only nineteen went to airmen. Of these nineteen awards\, four were posthumous and all but one was awarded to officers. \nThey came from a wide range of backgrounds; some very wealthy some not\, but in the words of one senior air force officer they all had in one thing in common\, which was that they each had “the guts of a lion.” \nSome of these men are still quite well known by people with even a passing interest in the great war\, men like Leefe-Robinson\, Billy Bishop\, and Albert Ball. As for the others\, despite their amazing stories\, they have almost completely slipped from people’s memory. So in this talk\, Jim Nicolson will focus on just four of them\, including William Barker\, described as “the heroes’ hero” and the most decorated serviceman in Canadian military history. \n \nAbout the speaker: \nJim served for thirty years as a police officer; working for most of that time in Soho and London’s East End\, before moving to Hertfordshire from where he retired in 2002\, as the Assistant Chief Constable. He has been a keen student of military history for many years\, particularly focusing on aviation and the Great War. \n  \n  \nJim is the Nephew of James Brindley Eric Nicolson\, VC\, DFC\, the only Fighter Command recipient of the VC and the only one won during the Battle of Britain. Jim will be returning to talk about his Uncle later this year\, last given at Bentley Priory Museum in 2019. \nThis talk will take place onsite in the Museum’s Learning Centre and is included in Museum admission or Annual Membership. \nAdvance booking required – please reserve your seat via the link below. \nReserve Your Place
URL:https://bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/friday-morning-talks-forgotten-air-vcs-of-the-great-war-with-jim-nicolson/
LOCATION:Bentley Priory Museum\, Mansion House Drive\, Stanmore\, HA7 3FB\, United Kingdom
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