Death of Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill died on 24 January 1965 in 27 And 28, Hyde Park Gate Sw7, aged 90. A British statesman, soldier and writer, Churchill served as a cavalry officer and war correspondent before entering Parliament, where he held several ministerial offices, including First Lord of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He became prime minister in May 1940, as Britain stood almost alone against Nazi Germany, and led the country to victory with his speeches and determination, in alliance with the United States and the Soviet Union. He was voted out in 1945 but returned as prime minister from 1951 to 1955. He wrote many books on history, including a history of the Second World War, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

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