Wed 19 Aug
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday 19th August
Location: The Soane Stable Yard (Entrance via Chelsea Gate)
Schedule:
18:00 - 18:30 - Drinks reception at Heidi Bakery
18:30 - 19:15 - Lecture
19:15 - 19:30 - Q&A session
Ticket Price: £15 per person (Includes a complimentary drink).
All ticket revenue supports the ongoing care and wellbeing of our Chelsea Pensioners.
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Rd
London SW3 4SR
Join Ashley Barnett as he tells the true story of Operation Postmaster, which has recently appeared on the public stage following its ‘inclusion’ in the 2024 Guy Ritchie film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
The talk will begin with a brief introduction to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) – otherwise known by its wartime cover name of the Inter-Services Research Bureau (ISRB), or simply as “the firm”. This wartime secret organisation was subsequently dubbed The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Ashley will give a detailed account of the top secret raid on a neutral Spanish colony of Fernando Po off West Africa, by a unit that subsequently became the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF). His presentation will highlight connections to Ian Fleming and his James Bond (007) character, and the real-life ‘M’...
