THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
We are pleased to announce that we have a date for our Annual Dinner. And even better news is that our Former Chairman Nigel Johnson-Hill has agreed to be the guest speaker for the evening. As Nigel will have a such a great story to tell, this Annual Dinner will be slightly different to our usual format.
Venue: Pall Mall, London
Time: 6.00pm Cash Bar; 6.30pm Drink Reception and Book Signing; 7.00pm Lecture; 8.00pm Dinner
Cost: £108 per person (members); £120 per person (non-members) Price includes 3 course dinner with wine
Dress: Lounge suit / Chinoiserie
Nigel will be talking about his newly published book From Hell, With Love. This book tells the real-life story of Nigel’s parents’ war, set against the horrors of the infamous Burma Railway, told through the pages of his father’s secret diary, which, as a prisoner of war, he had to keep hidden from his Japanese captors. This diary, crowded onto the pages in faded pencil, is entirely contemporaneous and is published without amendment, flashing a new light on those grim years. Meanwhile Nigel’s mother, having escaped from Singapore to a strange continent with their young son, Brian, and pregnant with Alan, their second son (Nigel appeared after the war!), was left to cope alone to bring up her family, not knowing for many months if her husband was even alive. Her resolve, ingenuity and determination to get her family back from Australia to England is part of this history. Their combined accounts make for a difficult, emotional but ultimately uplifting story.
The book is lavishly illustrated with over 200 paintings and drawings by fellow prisoners-of-war, and by some photographs. The cost of the book is £25 + £4 p&p. We think you’ll agree that this book will make a great Christmas present for friends and family!
The book will also be available for purchase on the night and Nigel will be happy to sign them for you too.
Places for this dinner will be very limited and priority will be given to Society members.
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Please contact communications@hkas.org.uk to be placed on a waiting list.