Milford Probus Club post-lunch talk on Friday 17 October: The Madness of Courage: the astonishing exploits of a WW1 pilot. Group Captain Gilbert Insall holds a unique record: he is the only person to have both won a Victoria Cross and escaped successfully from a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.

After a congenial lunch, his great-nephew Tony Insall will tell this story of exceptional achievements and near-unbelievable courage to members of Milford Probus Club, guests and

visitors. Tony has a distinguished career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department of War Studies at King’s College and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

He lives near Guildford. Lunch and talk just £32. Lunch is at 12.30pm (pre-lunch drinks from 12pm). Visit www.milfordprobus.com or book lunch (book the Monday before) with Miranda O’Brien: miranda.obrien@btinternet.com / 01483 423398..