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SUMMARY:Guided Tour of RAF Museum London
DESCRIPTION:RAF Museum London re-opened on the 30th of June after a multi-million pound transformation as it marks the centenary of the RAF. \nOur Member tour will include the new exhibitions: RAF Stories – The First 100 Years\, RAF: First to the Future and The RAF in an Age of Uncertainty. The new immersive exhibitions offer interactive experiences drawing on the lives of the RAF’s people and their families\, its technology and exploring its future. \nMembers will also be able to see Prince William’s Sea King helicopter\, from his days as a pilot in RAF Valley\, as well as a state-of-the-art ‘Gnat’ flight simulator\, London’s only Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter and many previously unseen artefacts and displays. \nTime:\n10.45 – Tea\, coffee & biscuits\n11.00 to 13.00 – Guided Tour with Rebecca Dalley\, Head of RAF Centenary Programmes \nVenue: Royal Air Force Museum London\, Grahame Park Way\, London NW9 5LL\nMembers must make their own way to and from the Museum. Detailed instructions on how to find the Museum can be found here.\nSAT NAV Users\, please use postcode NW9 5QW
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/guided-tour-raf-museum-london/
LOCATION:RAF Museum London\, Grahame Park Way\, London\, NW9 5LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181002T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181002T193000
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SUMMARY:1000 Days On The River Kwai
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Patricia Davies and Jean Argles… \nTwo remarkable sisters\, now in their nineties\, recall their father Colonel Cary Owtram OBE and his fascinating secret war diary – published 2017 as ‘1000 Days On The River Kwai’– kept hidden while British Camp Commandant of the Japanese POW camp Chungkai. \nPatricia (now 95)\, a former BBC producer\, and her sister Jean (92)\, who were both involved in codebreaking during the war\, are joined by historian Simon Robinson\, who interviews them about their memories of the war\, their father’s experiences at the hands of the Japanese\, and his efforts to protect the 8000 POWs in his charge. \nJean was a code and cipher officer with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and S.O.E serving in Egypt and Italy. Patricia served as a Special Duties (Linguist) ‘Y’ in the WRNS intercepting German warships\, Naval bases\, E-boat radio traffic and Enigma code for Bletchley Park.
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/1000-days-river-kwai/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181010T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181010T143000
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SUMMARY:Club Curry Lunch
DESCRIPTION:The Club’s delicious curry buffet takes centre stage for this popular annual event.
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/club-curry-lunch/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181010T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181010T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T044610
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SUMMARY:Antiques and Collectables Evening
DESCRIPTION:Members are welcome to bring in and show items of interest such as medals\, pictures\, silver\, collectables and other memorabilia. The Club will also have their own table\, encouraging Members to engage with lesser known but no less interesting objects from the collection. \nAdditionally\, a representative from Sotheby’s will be in attendance to give advice and valuations\, if required. \n 
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/antiques-collectables-evening/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181018T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181018T213000
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SUMMARY:Club Government: How the Early Victorian World was Ruled from London Clubs
DESCRIPTION:‘Club Government’ was a fixation of the mid-nineteenth century: across Britain and its empire\, press accounts\, diarists\, and writers such as Dickens\, Disraeli and Trollope all advanced the view that key political decisions were taken behind closed doors\, in the clubs of London’s St James’s district. Yet despite ‘Club Government’ being referenced in most major political histories of the period\, the topic has never before enjoyed a full-length study. \nMaking use of previously-sealed club archives\, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques\, this talk seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel impact of ‘Club Government’ on British politics in this period and concludes that while historians may have exaggerated the clubs’ reputation for interfering in elections\, they have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on ‘high politics’ in Westminster\, and more importantly\, on the shaping of modern British political culture. \nDr. Seth Alexander Thévoz is an Associate Member of Nuffield College\, Oxford\, where he is a research assistant on the forthcoming official biography of Sir David Butler. He holds degrees from the Universities of Cambridge\, London and Warwick\, and he completed his PhD in conjunction with the History of Parliament Trust. His areas of expertise include the history of corruption in British politics. In his spare time\, he is Honorary Librarian of London’s National Liberal Club. \nSchedule: \n\n18.00 Reception Drinks\n18.30 Talk\n19.30 – 21.30 Supper
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/club-government-early-victorian-world-ruled-london-clubs/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181025T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181025T130000
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SUMMARY:Churchill: Walking with Destiny
DESCRIPTION:Winston Churchill dominates our view of the history of Britain in the twentieth century – the brash\, brave and ambitious young aristocrat who sought out danger in late Victorian wars\, the mercurial First Lord of the Admiralty who was responsible for the Dardanelles disaster in 1915\, the Colonial Secretary who rode with T. E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell at the Pyramids\, the Chancellor who took the country back to the Gold Standard and then spent more than ten years in the political wilderness – and who\, finally\, was summoned to save his country in 1940. ‘I felt that I was walking with destiny\, and all my life had been but preparation for that hour.’ Andrew Robert’s titanic new biography interprets all these events\, especially Churchill’s leadership during the Second World War\, which he sees through the prism of all Churchill’s earlier life. \nProfessor Roberts has used over forty collections of papers not available to Churchill’s previous biographer Roy Jenkins (2001) and he is the first Churchill biographer to be granted access by the Queen to the private diaries of King George VI. 
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/churchill-walking-destiny/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181026T113000
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SUMMARY:The Half-shilling Curate: A personal account of war & faith 1914-1918
DESCRIPTION:The personal story of Army Chaplain\, the Rev. Herbert Butler Cowl\, from Christmas Eve 1914 to the end of hostilities in 1919. The talk highlights the value of faith during war\, and is a story of love and valour. \nHerbert Cowl was to become the only known Army Chaplain to be awarded the Military Cross Medal for gallantry on a ship during the entire war. The speaker\, Sarah Reay\, takes us on Herbert’s journey with the Durham Light Infantry from the home camp in England to the adventure of France and the reality of Flanders.
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/half-shilling-curate-personal-account-war-faith-1914-1918/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181031T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181031T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T044610
CREATED:20180627T104748Z
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SUMMARY:War and Warfare in the 20th Century
DESCRIPTION:What can we learn from war\, and warfare\, in the 20th century? Surprisingly\, the question has not been addressed. \nAfter the First World War four empires ceased to exist. Eight new countries were born in Europe. After the Second World War\, Japan and Germany renounced militarism and ceased to be major players on the world stage for decades. The border of Russia moved 800km west. War is hugely important. It is not futile\, although it sometimes seems so. \nBut how effective was the allied Combined Bomber Offensive in the defeat of Germany in the Second World War? There is\, in practice\, no real consensus. How did the western navies win the Battle of the Atlantic\, when there were far more U-boats at sea late in the war than in the early years? There is very little discussion\, and apparently no agreement\, as to how the western allies defeated Germany in north west Europe in 1944-5. Was it just superior numbers? (No.) Yet all of those campaigns took place over 70 years ago. Why are those questions unanswered? \nIn this talk retired Regular infantry officer Professor Jim Storr will be promoting his forthcoming book\, ‘The Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the 20th Century’. The talk will range from the strategic to the tactical and\, quite possibly\, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Historians\, beware!
URL:https://therag.co.uk/event/war-warfare-20th-century/
LOCATION:Army & Navy Club\, 36-39 Pall Mall\, London\, England\, SW1Y 5JN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Public Event
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