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Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL – Youngest of WSC & Clementine’s children. Patron of The International Churchill Society (1983-2014).
(1922-2014), Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
January 24, 1965 – Dies at age 90. By decree of the Queen receives a State Funeral the last to take place in Great Britain
On January 30, 1965 hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe watched the largest state funeral the world had ever seen at the time.
Proclaimed Honorary Citizen of the United States by President Kennedy
Paraphrasing wartime correspondent Edward R. Murrow, JFK proclaimed, “He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle”.
June 14, 1954 – Invested as Knight of the Garter becoming Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill, son Randolph Churchill & grandson Winston Churchill