Funeral Winston Churchills

Heres a view of the crowd lined up. It was an elaborate occasion to say the least.

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Today churchill is commemorated in st pauls by a bronze memorial plaque designed by john skelton and set before the quire steps which reads the catafalque of sir winston chuirchill stood here at his state funeral on 30 january 1965 and the winston churchill memorial screen commissioned by the cathedral chapter and designed and made by the blacksmith james horrobin in 2004 located in the crypt where it forms a line with the final resting places of nelson and wellington.

Funeral winston churchills. After winston churchill died on january 24 1965 his coffin more than 300000 mourners came to pay their respects to the iconic prime minister. Randolph the son and winston the grandson walked side by side ahead of the others. His was the first state funeral for a non royal family member since lord carson in 1935 and as of 2020 it remains the most recent state funeral in the united kingdom.

Published on jan 28 2018 six days after former british prime minister winston churchill passed away at the age of 90 in his london home following a severe stroke hundreds of millions of viewers. Sir winston churchill died on 24 january 1965 aged 90. The funeral cortege on the strand with members of the family following.

The men and the boys of the churchill family followed on foot all but one boy in black silk hats. Churchills funeral cortege january 30 1965 before dawn on the morning of the funeral a million people began to gather along the cortege route. The official funeral lasted for four days.

When winston churchill died in 1965 his funeral was the first state funeral in the united kingdom for someone outside the royal family in 30 years.

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