A sailor picked to take part in Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral has attributed his luck to being taller than six feet. The ...

To this day, when I remember my grandfather's funeral - now exactly 60 years ago - the hairs still stand up on the back of my ...

Sir Winston Churchill died 60 years ago this week on 24 January 1965. His funeral took place on 30 January, following three days lying in state in the Palace of Westminster.

Britain, and the world as a whole, has changed immeasurably in those six decades - yet Sir Winston's figure still looms large over the country he left behind. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was ...

A statue of Sir Winston Churchill stands opposite the ... and for his reputation as being anti-union Died 24 January 1965 and was given a state funeral The past decade has seen Sir Winston ...

watched the state funeral of Sir Winston Paying tribute to his predecessor, in a statement to the BBC, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "Sir Winston Churchill remains one of this country's ...

Within hours of the sad news of Sir Winston Churchill's death reaching Northern Ireland, during this week in 1965, thousands of telegrams of sympathy were being flashed to Lady Churchill at 28 ...

For Sir Winston Churchill, who died 60 years ago today ... Operation Hope Not - the name for the funeral plans that had been more than a decade in the making - kicked into gear as tributes poured ...

Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II 's relationship preceded her ascent to the throne in 1952. They first met during the war when her father King George VI was the monarch. Their long ...

Lord Moran, Churchill's long-time friend and physician, also was at his side. A state funeral was certain for this giant of a man who twice served Britain as prime minister and rallied her people ...

And we talked about history. After World War Two, Winston Churchill was thrown out, but they brought him back. Grover Cleveland, the only other American president that did not serve consecutive ...