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ICS DROPS AOLOnline folk will have noticedthat the ICS Bulletin Board in the"Communities" section of AmericaOnline (mentioned in "ChurchillOnline" last issue) has disappeared.It scrolled off the boardfrom lack of usage. We have notreestablished it, since all the actionis now on the Internet (whichis accessible by any online service).Don't miss our expanding homepageat http://www.onramp.net.icsAOL is still good value with decentInternet connections. ContactFinest Hour for more about AOL.ERRATA, FH #88Page 9: In the Cigar Aficionado story,for "sure" read "some."Page 12: In photographer's bylinefor "Rangnald" read "Ragnald."Page 21: The wall on which Celiaand family are sitting is not the wallshown with VVSC in adjacent photo.Page 43: Contrary to our reply loMr. Gillespie, Blenheim Palace is notopen year round but from mid-Marchto the end of October, 10:30-5:30.READER ADVERTS•MAINE HOLIDAY WATER-FRONT HOUSE. On Atlantic at picturesqueTenant's Harbor (Portland90 mins.). Heat, mod-cons, deck, dock,library stocked with Churchill. Sailing,biking, island hopping, fishing,walking distance to fine seafood. Nowbooking for 1996. Special low rates forFriends of ICS. Photos available. Contacteditor: (603) 746-4433.•ICS COVERS. Will trade FinestHour for ICS covers I need: #2, 3, 5,14, 17, 20a, 23, 24, 24a, 25b, 28, 33a,33b, 39b. Arthur Braver, 10837 W.Clairmont Circle, Tamarac FL 33321.• PORTRAITof WSC byArthur Pan, ina handsomeframe, $500 orbest offer. Cdr.Harold Feeney,USN(ret), 3442Aransas Street, Corpus Christi TX78411, telephone (512) 854-6115.• "THE WILDERNESS YEARS"Several readers need someone willingto copy VCR tapes of this TV series. Ifyou can help, contact the editor.1996 International Churchill ConferenceHosted hy ICS, UK: Octoher 2ni-6thAConference ap-.proaching I Boston'95 in size is setfor the South ofEngland on Friday-Saturday October4th/5th, with twoflanking events: agala dinner atBlenheim Palace onAshdown Park, East Grinstead, occupied by Sisters ofthe Order of Notre Dame 1920-70, was built in 1867. the 2nd and a walkingtour of "Churchill'sLondon" led by Sir Martin Gilbert on the 6th. TheChurchill Tour (see opposite) includes all the above.At Blenheim, ICS will present its Blenheim Award to TheDuke of Marlborough for his lifetime effort to preserveChurchill's birthplace for future generations. In addition to thetour party, ICS (UK) will offer tickets with the option of luxurycoach service to and from London on the evening of October 2nd.The Conference proper commences at Chartwell on Friday the4th where our hostesses (at the house) will be Lady Soames andCelia Sandys. Our luncheon speaker is John Sales, NationalTrust Head of Gardens, who will talk about, and then conduct uson a tour through, the Chartwell Gardens. The Conference thenadjourns to Headquarters, the magnificent Ashdown Park hotelin nearby East Grinstead, where a black tie dinner will welcomea prominent speaker.The usual round of panel discussions and scholarly papers willoccupy Saturday, including: remarks by a member of Sir Winston'spostwar government; Professor David Stafford on"Churchill and Intelligence;" Dr. John Mather on "Lord Randolph'sIllness" and Jonathan Aitken, MP on "Churchill andBeaverbrook." The book discussion this year, on the MalakandField Force, will include Dr. Piers Brendon, Keeper of theChurchill College Archives. At the black tie dinner-dance thisevening we honour special guest Mrs. Wendy Reves, who willpresent the Emery Reves Award to Mr. Aitken for his biography,Nixon; another distinguished speaker will reply to the Toast.A small registration fee will be charged to offset guest traveland expenses. The Blenheim dinner, Chartwell lunch, two Conferencedinners and Sunday walking tour may be booked separatelyaccording to your personal preference. Ashdown Park willoffer special discount room rates, and ICS(UK) will also provide alist of alternative B&B-style accommodations nearby. The idea isto offer maximum flexibility in costs to suit everyone's budget.Registration packets will be posted worldwide this Spring. (Donot call ICS.) It will be possible to remit funds in your local currency,free of conversion fees. Meanwhile, save those dates!FINEST HOUR 89/10
1996 CHURCHILL TOURFILLING UP FASTO nFebruary1st,•"?:*•V-/ai seatswere sixty bookedon "Churchill'sEngland" (announcedlastissue). Thetour begins inLondon September26thand ends followingthe ICSConference inLondon onOctober 6th.Moonfleet Manor (Book flightsto arrive 26September and depart 7 October.)We begin this year with the EnglishWest Country, new to ICStours: Churchill and Marlboroughancestral homesites, including avisit to Minterne by kind invitationof Lord Digby; this superbhouse and gardens include portionsbuilt by the first Sir WinstonChurchill (1620-88). Four nightswill be spent in the West Country,including spectacular MoonfleetManor, on the sea facing Dorset'sChesil Bank. Our guests here areauto writer Graham Robson("Churchill's motorcars") and thesenior editor of Finest Hour, AshleyRedburn.Returning east to Oxford (1-3Oct.), we lunch with Robert Hardyat the home of Celia (Sandys) andGen. Ken Perkins, visit Bletchley,Ditchley and Bladon, and attendthe Blenheim banquet October 2ndbefore moving on to Chartwell andAshdown Park for the ICS Conferenceending in London (opposite).The price covers all Conferenceand tour events. For a most memorablevisit to England with WSCand non-WSC events, the 1996ICS tour offers great value. Butwe must hear from you now!Please contact the editor at (603)746-4433 weekdays.BLENHEIM-CHARTWELLBICYCLE TOURA three-day, 100-mile bicycletour from Blenheim to Chartwellalong back country roads, skirtingLondon to the west, is planned forOctober 7th-9th following the ICSConference. Accommodation is atB&Bs with pub lunches and dinners.If you are interested, contactJoan Harris in UK, tel. (01892)518171; or Richard Langworth inUSA, tel. (603) 746-4433.NO. 10 ANNEX MUSEUM?LONDON, OCT 20TH— A plan existsto create a Churchill Museumin the ground floor offices abovethe War Rooms on King CharlesStreet, known as No. 10 Annex.As Sir Martin Gilbert haspointed out on ICS walking tours,it was here and not in the subterraneanWar Rooms (which he frequentedrelatively rarely) whereChurchill actually ran the war.The fixing points for the metalshutters, which were closed duringair raids, are still visible on thewindow casements.Historians wish to recreate thewartime atmosphere, down toreplicating the original bedcovers,soda siphons and ashtrays. Theyhave also suggested displayinghere some of the Churchill papers(FH 87 pl2). If the governmentsees fit, we like the idea, whichwould at last give No. 10 Annex itsproper place in history. -RMLL awrence W. Til" PiL i rim1921-1995Pil Pilgrim, who died September 26th after acourageous fight against cancer, devoted a considerableamount of his personal and professionaltime to ICS United Kingdom. As a chartered accountant,he enabled the Committee to present tothe members and Charity Commissioners meticulouslyprepared accounts, a role he fulfilled until his death.His leadership and courage became evident during the Second WorldWar. After qualifying as a pilot at RCAF Carberry in Manitoba, Canada,he returned to England in 1942 and gained experience in various aircraftincluding the challenging Avro Manchester. He was posted to BomberCommand, where he rose to the rank of Squadron Leader. As a Lancasterpilot, Pil flew more than thirty missions into Nazi Germany, bringingplane and crew back safely each time, despite substantial damage on anumber of trips. He fervently believed that Churchill's leadership wasthe reason he and his fellow aircrew were prepared to give and risk somuch to achieve victory.For his skill and tenacity he was awarded the Distinguished FlyingCross. He remained in the RAF until 1953, when he joined British EuropeanAirways; he later became an accountant. He eventually becamecompany secretary of the Grand Metropolitan Group Pic. The esteem ofhis RAF peers later saw him appointed chairman of the Bomber CommandAssociation, a position he held until his untimely death.Recently Pil helped produce a documentary film defining Bomber Command'svital role in attaining victory and reminding us of the 55,000 aircrewwho died to achieve peace and freedom. He is survived by his wifeAngie, who has agreed to continue as secretary to the Trustees of ICS(UK), for which my fellow trustees and I are indeed grateful.On 3 October I had the honour of reading the poem "High Flight" byJohn Gillespie Magee, Jr. (FH 68 cover) at a service of celebration for thelife of Pil Pilgrim, in St. Paul's Church, Camberley, attended by ICS (UK)Chairman David Boler and other Friends of the Society.Per Ardua Ad Astra.DAVID J. PORTERFINEST HOUR 89/11
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