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The Victoria Cross medal awarded to Sergeant Alfred Knight of the Post Office Rifles

Rebecca Tomlinson: War Heroes of the Post Office   
Tuesday 6 January 2009 7.00 pm
Rebecca Tomlinson discusses the important role played by the Post Office Rifles and the heroism that won them their medals.
 
Helen Glew: Women Workers in the Post Office 1914 to 1939
Tuesday 27 January 2009 7.00 pm
This lecture will explore the working lives of women employed by the General Post Office in both wartime and peacetime.

 
Mark Crowley: The Post Office during the Second World War
Monday 2 February 2009  7.00 pm
Mark Crowley traces the role of the Post Office during the Second World War. Its role in maintaining solidarity on the home front, and its role in the war effort more generally will be examined.

Terry Charman: Winston Churchill and the First World War
Monday 23 February 2009 7.00 pm 
Terry Charman will  tell of how Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, began the war at the centre of Britain's war effort, how he fell from power in May 1915, his time on the Western Front with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and how he ended the war, once more in office, as Minister of Munitions.  

Peter Sutton: The Post Office during the First World War
Thursday 5 March 2009 7.00 pm
Peter Sutton discusses the complexities of the role of the Post office during the First World War.

Tickets are £12.50 for Adults, £9.95 for concessions and FIWM and Friends of the BPMA.  Admission includes entry to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms. 

Doors open at 6.30 pm and stay open until 9.00 pm to allow guests to explore the museum and historic rooms both prior to and after the lectures.

To book tickets by telephone  call Melody Allen, Marketing Assistant on 020 7 766 0155.  Telephone bookings incur a £1.50 package and handling fee.

To book online click here.