When Winston Churchill died 50 years ago at the age of 90, a million people lined the streets of London to watch the funeral cortege pass by. The man who led Britain to victory against Nazi Germany ...
A funeral director whose brought Churchill's hearse back into use has added to growing calls to save the wartime leader's funeral barge for the nation. Christopher Baker, founder of Bristol's Memorial ...
Anyone reading this knows where he was on September 11, 2001. A diminishing number remember where they were on January 30, 1965—the day we said farewell to Winston Churchill. (He died fifty years ago, ...
A day of events has been held in London to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. The boat that carried the former prime minister's coffin along the Thames in 1965 repeated the ...
The Queen's funeral on Monday will be the first full state funeral held in Britain since the death of Sir Winston Churchill on 24 January 1965. The first of 15 prime ministers to serve the Queen, the ...
As Winston Churchill made his final journey through the heart of London 50 years ago the crowds stood ten deep, silently weeping. The wartime leader’s coffin had been loaded onto a barge following his ...
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AFP attributed the intensity of the festivities to Churchill serving as a "reminder of a faded age of [Britian's] global influence." As Reuters explains, the 1965 funeral for the World War II leader ...
Duncan Kennedy reports as the Havengore recreates its journey down the Thames A day of events has been held in London to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. The boat that ...
The wartime prime minister died on 24 January 1965 aged 90. He was buried six days later after a full state funeral - the only commoner of the 20th century to be accorded such an honour. Here are some ...