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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

INDUSTRY – The railcar that carried the body of late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will return home after nearly 30 years at the Industry Hills Golf Club. The 50,000-pound funeral railroad ...

For 12 years, punctilious British bureaucrats had everything needed for a state funeral befitting Sir Winston Churchill’s stature as the kingdom’s World War II leader except the statesman’s dead body ...

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 ...

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 ...

Winston Churchill's Granddaughter Celia Sandys photographed in 1962, when she was 19 years old “There were many calls to make as Operation Hope Not was put into action. Even in crisis, my grandmother ...

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 ...