Presentation of Royal Air Force Ensign August 14, 2019 - St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury
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Presentation of Royal Air Force Ensign
August 14, 2019
St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury
AMERICA’S NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM A
Order of Ceremony Presentation of the
Royal Air Force Ensign
James Linter O.B.E
Royal Air Force Air Commodore and Air Attaché
Prelude British Embassy Washington, D.C.
Jerusalem by Sir C. Hubert Parry
Acceptance of the
Welcome Royal Air Force Ensign
Mr. Timothy Riley Fletcher Lamkin, Ph.D.
Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director Brigadier General, USA Ret.; President of Westminster College
and Chief Curator and Churchill Fellow
Greetings The National Anthems
Brig. Gen. Maurice M. McKinney of Great Britain and
Missouri Air National Guard Chief of Staff the United States of America
God Save the Queen and
Excerpt from Prime Minister The Star Spangled Banner
Winston Churchill’s Speech to House
of Commons, August 20, 1940 Remarks
Randell Gelzer Air Commodore Linter
Senior Director of State and Local
Government Operations, Boeing Company
Postlude
The Eagle Squadrons Airman’s Hymn by David Schwoebel
Gary D. Joyner, Ph.D.
Director Strategy Alternatives Consortium Chair & Gretchen Huedepohl. Organist
Professor of History, LSU Shreveport
“High Flight” by John G. Gillespie, Jr. Guests are invited to view the exhibition,
The Hon. Mark Sutherland The Few: Winston Churchill,
Her Majesty’s Hon. Consul of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Missouri the Royal Air Force and
the Battle of Britain
In Memoriam: Lt. John F. Lutz which opens today in the Anson Cutts Gallery.
Richard Harding
Lt. General, USAF, Ret. Dr. Gary Joyner
Director Strategy Alternatives Consortium Chair
& Professor of History, LSU Shreveport
will deliver an opening Gallery Talk on
the Eagle Squadrons this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
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Timothy Riley Brig. Gen. Maurice M. McKinney
Since 2016, Timothy Riley has served as the Brig. Gen. Maurice M. McKinney serves as the Missouri Air National Guard
Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director Chief of Staff. His responsibilities include development and implementation
and Chief Curator for America’s National of Missouri Air National Guard strategy, policy, plans, initiatives, and
Churchill Museum. Mr. Riley is a graduate, administrative actions for more than 2,200 Airmen assigned to the state.
cum-laude, of Lawrence University in
Appleton, Wisconsin and pursued post- Gen. McKinney is also The Adjutant General’s senior Air National Guard
graduate study at Columbia University advisor regarding future Missouri Air National Guard missions and innovation
in the City of New York. He served as a activities with Department of Defense components and agencies, Air Force
curatorial assistant, education assistant Major Commands, and National Guard Bureau Directorates. Under his
and lectures/concerts coordinator at The vision and direction, Gen. McKinney is also responsible for developing
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Missouri National Guard’s cyberspace strategic and operational plans, state-
From 2006 through 2012 Mr. Riley served as director of The Trout Museum of wide cyber incident response plan, and cyber homeland defense initiatives.
Art in Appleton, and was appointed Director Emeritus in 2012. Mr. Riley was Prior to his Chief of Staff assignment, Gen. McKinney served as U.S Cyber
inducted into the Association of Churchill Fellows of Westminster College in Command’s Director, Persistent Cyber Training Environment, where he led
2016. their $450M Persistent Cyber Training Environment capability development
and requirements program. Gen. McKinney is a national cyber and strategic
As Director and Chief Curator, Mr. Riley has expanded the Museum’s reach, thought leader. He provides strategic and operational advice to senior
curating exhibitions aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, at the cyber leaders within the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community,
Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida and at Washington University in St. National Counterterrorism Center, U.S. Cyber Command, Air Forces Cyber,
Louis, among others. The latter exhibition was hailed as “the most significant Army Cyber Command, Fleet Cyber Command, and Marine Corps Forces
exhibition of Churchill’s paintings in North America.” During the Museum’s Cyberspace Command.
50th Anniversary Weekend, Mr. Riley opened the exhibition Painting as a
Pastime: From Winston to the White House showcasing for the first time
publicly paintings by President Kennedy, Eisenhower and George W. Bush Randell Gelzer
alongside those of their inspiration, Winston Churchill. He is the author or co-
author of more than 20 articles on a variety of art, music and historical topics, Randell Gelzer, Senior Director of State and Local Government Operations,
including several essays about Winston Churchill. He is a contributing editor Boeing Company. Gelzer joined the Boeing Company in 2005 and currently
for The Finest Hour, the journal of the International Churchill Society. Under oversees their governmental activities. Prior to joining Boeing, Gelzer served
his leadership, America’s National Churchill Museum admissions has increased in the U.S. Army as a Field Artillery Officer in the 3rd Infantry Division.
by 35%. He earned his B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military
Academy and his MBA from Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of
The Hon. Mark Sutherland Business.
The Honorable Mark Sutherland is Her Majesty’s Hon. Consul of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Missouri. Sutherland was
born in Scotland and grew up in England and was appointed to this role in
2017.
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Gary Joyner Air Commodore
James Linter O.B.E. M.A. RAF
Gary Joyner grew up in Farmerville, La. Following graduation from high
school, he attended Louisiana Tech University, earning a bachelor’s degree with Air Commodore James Linter joined the
a double major in history and geography. He earned a master’s degree from Royal Air Force as a navigator and spent
the same institution, focusing on military history. He earned his Doctor of his early career on the Tornado in the
Philosophy Degree from St. Martin’s College, Lancaster, England. Gary is Chair, Ground Attack and Reconnaissance roles.
Department of History and Social Sciences, LSU in Shrevepor and Director, His flying tours, as a Qualified Weapons
Red River Regional Studies Center, LSU in Shreveport. Dr. Joyner is the author Instructor, flight commander and squadron
of numerous books on the American Civil War. commander, included Op DESERT
FOX in 1998 and Op TELIC in 2003. He
Richard Harding commanded 12(B) Squadron on operations
Lt. General, USAF, Ret. in Iraq in 2008 and as the first Tornado
GR4 Detachment to Afghanistan in 2009.
He has over 3000 flying hours. Non-flying tours included the NATO CAOC
Lieutenant General Richard C. Harding
at Finderup in Denmark and the deployable Joint Force Headquarters based
(retired) served as Judge Advocate General
at PJHQ Northwood. During this tour he was deployed for the elections in
of the United States Air Force. He was the
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the evacuation of the Lebanon
highest-ranking uniformed attorney in the
in 2006.
Air Force, and led over 4,400 uniformed
and civilian lawyers, paralegals and legal He served as the Assistant Head Counter-Terrorism and Global
support personnel. General Harding is the Commitments in the Operations Directorate of the Ministry of Defence for
son of an Air Force officer and grandson of two years from 2010 before commanding RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus from Jan
a Naval officer. He received both a Bachelor 2012 to Dec 2013.
of Science degree and a Juris Doctor degree On promotion to Air Commodore he served as Director USAFCENT
from the University of Arkansas. He entered CAOC, Al Udeid from July 2014 to January 2015. This tour included combat
the Air Force with a direct commission in 1980 and served with distinction in a operations in Afghanistan and the start of Coalition operations against Daesh
variety of assignments including six assignments as a staff judge advocate at the in Iraq and Syria. Prior to being appointed as Air Attaché Washington in Sep
unified command, major command, and several numbered air force and wing 2017, he served as Head of Defence Engagement Strategy in the Ministry of
levels. On September 11, 2001, General Harding was in an underground facility Defence in London.
near Omaha, Nebraska taking part in an exercise. Less than an hour into the
exercise, he was notified of the first of two planes to crash into one of the World Air Commodore Linter has masters degrees from University College, Oxford
Trade Center towers in New York City. Twenty minutes later, the second plane and King’s College, London; is a member of the Royal College of Defence
crashed through the second tower. The exercise was then cancelled. General Studies and a graduate of the Higher Command and Staff Course. He was
Harding recalls: “then the phone that never rings…rang.” He learned that made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 and has twice
President George W. Bush would be arriving at the underground facility within been Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry.
the hour. Harding took part in briefing the president, Vice President Dick He is married to Ann and they have 2 adult children. In his spare time, Air
Cheney, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as officials decided how to Commodore Linter enjoys walking and running. He is a trustee of the Union
respond to the most deadly terrorist attack on the United States in the nation’s Jack Club, a club for non-commissioned ranks, in London. Enjoyment of life
history. General Harding retired from the United States Air Force on April 1, is balanced by a long-standing support of Blackburn Rovers Football Club; he
2014. He now lives in Columbia, Missouri. hopes his new team, DC United, will fare better.
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Fletcher Lamkin, Ph.D.
Dr. Fletcher Lamkin returned to
Westminster College in July 2017 as its 22nd
President.
During Dr. Lamkin’s previous tenure as
Westminster’s President (2000-2007), the
College enjoyed record fundraising and
enrollment and a significant improvement
in campus and facilities. Westminster
experienced record growth for four straight The Eagle Squadrons
years and successfully completed a capital
campaign that raised $80 million—a record for private colleges of Westminster’s
Before the United States officially entered World War II, it was illegal for U.S.
size in Missouri at that time.
citizens to join any armed forces that belonged to a foreign country. The penalty
Previously, President Lamkin was Dean of the Academic Board of West Point, was loss of citizenship (though Congress later passed a blanket pardon in 1944).
where he tripled the number of civilian faculty, quadrupled externally funded However, this didn’t stop American Charles Sweeney from recruiting citizens
research, and enhanced the Academy’s connection to the academic community to volunteer for the Royal Air Force (RAF). After some persuasion, the UK Air
while playing a major fund raising role. While at West Point, he served as a Ministry allowed American squadrons to be formed within the RAF, which
department head and as Vice Dean prior to becoming West Point’s 10th Dean. were called the Eagle Squadrons.
He retired from the Army as a Brigadier General in 2000.
The first Eagle Squadron (No. 71), was created September of 1940, with only
A career Army officer in the U.S. Army from 1964-2000, President Lamkin 6 pilots, to aid with the Battle of Britain. The second squadron (No. 121) was
comes from a family with over a century of military service. His command and created in May of 1941, and the third and final (No. 133), was formed in July of
staff positions were battery command in Vietnam, battalion operations officer 1941. By the end of that year, all Eagle Squadrons were equipped with Spitfires
in Korea, and battalion command in Germany. His awards and decorations and provided crticial air support for Great Britain.
include the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service
The Eagle Squadrons were transferred to the 8th Air Force of the United States
Medal (six awards), Air Medal (five awards), Army Commendation Medal, and
Army Air Force and became the 4th Fighter Group on September 29, 1942.
Army Achievement Medal.
71, 121, and 133 respectively became the 334th, 335th, and 336th Fighter
President Lamkin holds a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Military Squadrons. With special orders, former pilots of the Eagle Squadrons could
Academy, a Master of Science degree in engineering from the University of wear their RAF pilot’s wings on their American uniform. By this time, the
California at Berkeley, a Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic pilots of the Eagle Squadrons had earned Distinguished Flying Crosses and one
studies from Salve Regina College, and a Doctor of philosophy from the Distinguished Service Order.
University of Washington.
In September 1992, The Eagle Squadron Association conducted a Service of
Remembrance here for the 50th anniversary of the Eagle Squadron’s transfer
to the United States. During this ceremony, St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury
was named the official chapel of the Eagle Squadrons. Twenty surviving Eagle
Squadron members attended, including Major General Carroll W. McColpin,
who represented the Eagle Squadron Association.
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First Lt. John Frederick Lutz
First Lt. John Frederick Lutz was born
August 18, 1918 in Fulton, Missouri. After
graduating from Fulton High School in
1936, he attended Westminster College for
one year until he transferred to Brawley
Junior College, where he graduated the
Upcoming Events
following year. Lutz enlisted in the Royal Air
Force as a member of the Number 71 Eagle
Squadron in September of 1941 at the age September 19, 2019
of 23. He took part in many air battles over John Findley Green
Europe and continued with the U.S. 8th Air Foundation Lecture
Force after the Eagle Squadrons’ transfer in
Dr. Madeline Albright
September of 1942. Former United States Secretary of State
On May 4, 1943 Lutz’s plane was hit when
engaging with several German fighters September 19, 2019
during a bomber escort mission and he was Reflections on Breakthrough
forced to bail out over the English Channel. Hon. Edwina Sandys M.B.E.
He and his plane were never found. Artist and Granddaughter of
Clementine and Winston Churchill
A permanent exhibition at the Museum
honors Lt. Lutz’s service and sacrifice. As October 1, 2019
part of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in May, the City of Fulton Nursing Churchill
officially declared May, 4, 2019, as “Lt. John F. Lutz Day.” Jill Rose
Author
November 7 - 9, 2019
Fall of the Berlin Wall:
30th Anniversary
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The Association
Of Churchill Fellows
The Association of Churchill Fellows is an honorary society of
persons dedicated to the development and utilization of America’s
National Churchill Museum. Fellows are nominated by the Board
of Trustees of Westminster College and can be identified by their
distinctive medal awarded in a ceremony held at the Church of St.
Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury. The Museum exists to perpetuate
the memory and achievements of Sir Winston Churchill and his
legacy of principled leadership.
Board of Governors
Philip J. Boeckman A. Van L. Brokaw III Nancy E. Carver
Chair and Senior Fellow St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO
London, UK
Robert L. DeFer Earle H. Harbison, Jr. William C. Ives
St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Chapel Hill, NC
R. Crosby Kemper III Barbara D. Lewington Richard J. Mahoney
Kansas City, MO St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO
Jean-Paul L. Montupet G. Robert Muehlhauser Harold B. Oakley
St. Louis, MO Pleasanton, CA Quincy, IL
William Piper Suzanne D. Richardson William H. Roedy
St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO London, UK
The Hon. Edwina Sandys, M.B.E. James M. Schmuck, Ph.D Judith A. Schwartz, Ph.D.
New York, NY Wildwood, MO Columbia, MO
Linda Gill Taylor Monroe E. Trout, M.D. John C. Wade
Edgerton, MO Appleton, WI Wildwood, MO
The Rt. Hon. Lord Watson
of Richmond, C.B.E
Richmond-upon-Thames, UK
Emeriti and ex officio
Hjalma E. Johnson Fletcher M. Lamkin, Ph.D. John R. McFarland
Dade City, FL President, Westminster College, Fulton, MO St. Louis, MO
Rev. Harold L. Ogden Timothy S. Riley William H. Tyler
Glen Ellyn, IL Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Pebble Beach, CA
Director and Chief Curator
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