Winter Lecture by Nick Saunders MA
On Wednesday 3rd January we're delighted to be welcoming Nick Saunders MA , to talk about
Training Secret Agents at the Beaulieu Finishing School.
Special Operation Executive was an organisation set up by the British to ‘set Europe ablaze’ in World War Two. Men and women were trained in a wide range of military skills that would enable them to set up and run resistance units to sabotage and disrupt the Nazi war machine in occupied Europe. The agents completed their training at the Beaulieu Finishing School. The talks give an overview of SOE and its work before detailing the training that took place at Beaulieu. The talk will conclude by reviewing the careers of two Beaulieu trained agents.
Nick Saunders MA is a local historian, battlefield guide and writer. He works as an education guide at Beaulieu and as an archivist in the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum.
The lecture will start at 18:30 prompt, so we recommend you arrive in good time to get a drink from the bar to take to your seat in the Island Room. If you are booked for supper, it will be served in the River Room after the lecture, please sit where you wish.
Book your seat and your supper
Members should book for supper no later than Friday 29th December, along with any dietary requirements. Supper this week will be:
MENU CHOICES - £15.00:
Chicken Supreme with mushroom sauce, potatoes and seasonal vegetables
OR
Mushroom Risotto
If you would like to attend the lecture without the supper, please also reserve your seat so that we can monitor numbers.