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Sir Winston Churchill Key Moments

Winston Churchill History

Randolph Spencer-Churchill, Great Grandson
Randolph Spencer-Churchill, Great Grandson

President of The International Churchill Society

Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL – Youngest of WSC & Clementine’s children. Patron of The International Churchill Society (1983-2014).
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

Lady Clementine Churchill dies. Both buried together at Bladon, Oxfordshire
January 24, 1965 – Dies at age 90. By decree of the Queen receives a State Funeral the last to take place in Great Britain
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”.

With Clemmie
With Clemmie
Churchill & Queen Elizabeth II at Final Dinner
Churchill & Queen Elizabeth II at Final Dinner
Resigns as Prime Minister after suffering two strokes
Resigns as Prime Minister after suffering two strokes

With Queen Elizabeth II at Final Dinner

June 14, 1954 – Invested as Knight of the Garter becoming Sir Winston Churchill
June 14, 1954 – Invested as Knight of the Garter becoming Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill, son Randolph Churchill & grandson Winston Churchill

Suffers second stroke

Selected timeline dates excerpted from
The Churchill Companion: A Concise Guide to the Life and Times of Winston S. Churchill

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