The Winston Churchill Society of Georgia

each year we have at least one major speaker for an event scheduled near an anniversary of a signficant event in his life

We supplement these with two  or three other meetings that are topical, often with chapter members as speakers

Past events have included the following notable speakers:

The Rt. Hon. Celia Sandys

Churchill's granddaughter talked on "Memories of my Grandfather"

Duncan Sandys

Churchill's great grandson spoke to us about "Painting as a Pastime"

Flt. Lt. Denis Payne, RAF 

Veteran of Battle of Britain 1940 told of his exploits and subsequent secret training mission in US long before Pearl Harbor

Dr. James Muller

Churchill Centre Academic Advisor lectured on "The River War"

Lynne Olson

Author of "Citizens of London" and "Troublesome Young Men"; co-author of "The Murrow Boys"

Professor Warren Kimball

Author of "Forged in War" and a number of other books about the Churchill-FDR relationship

Carlo d'Este

Author of "Warlord: Winston Churchill at War", "Patton", "Decision in Normandy", and a number of other books on the Second World War

Bill VanDerKloot

son of Churchill's wartime pilot and producer of "Flying the Secret Skies" which has appeared on PBS

Dr. Ted Bromund

Senior research fellow in The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. He wove together Churchill's "Painting as a Pastime" and his strategic vision in a remarkable lecture.

Michael McMenamin

author of "Becoming Winston Churchill"

Carl Beck 101st Airborne

Hap Chandler 8th Air Force

Both veterans of "Operation Market Garden", Monty's effort to seize the bridge at Arnhem, "a bridge too far"

Jane Fraser

President of The Stuttering Foundation of America

She talked on Churchill's visit with her French father-in-law General Gruss in Strasbourg in 1948-50

Edna Underwood Berkshire

Owner of "A Taste of Britain" in Norcross, GA, she lived through The Blitz on London as a little girl and shared her experiences with us.

Brian Kraph

Savannah attorney and collector of political and Churchill memorabilia showed slides of many of the objects in his collection.

Todd Van Beck

Atlanta mortician who lectured on the State Funeral of  Sir Winston Churchill

Lee Pollock

Executive Director of the Churchill Centre described the exciting plans for the Churchill Library at George Washington University

Dick Kimball

Current Member and Retired Norfolk Southern Executive attends summer programs at Oxford and returns with a plethora of interesting stories

Bill Fisher

Former Chapter President and history teacher has talked on the Dardanelles Campaign,  Churchill and America, Churchill in Atlanta, Decoding, Deception, and Double-Cross: how a few hundred code breakers, double-agents, rogues, and a ramshackle country house helped win the Second World War. 

Bletchley Park Trifecta

Jan Slimming discussd her book “Code Breaker Girls” about her Mum at Bletchley Park.

Sir Dermot Turing, nephew of Alan Turing

 discussd his book “X,Y, and Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken.

Dr. Joel Greenberg 

discussd his book “Gordon Welchman: The Architect of ULTRA Inteelligence” 

Chris Johnston

Current Member and Consultant gave talks on Adm Jacky Fisher and “Battle of the Beams” on Luftwaffe direction finding and night bombing.

Dr. Hal Raper                     FDR Impersonator

Bill Fisher and Dr. Raper did their interpretations of Winston and Franklin meeting at Placentia Bay in August 1941 that produced the Atlantic Charter.

Bill Whiteside

Software salesman turned researcher and author discussed one of Churchill’s boldest decisions, to sink the French fleet in North Africa in July 1940.