1965 CROWN COIN ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

Description: CROWN COIN ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL IN 1965. Winston ChurchillFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search"Churchill" redirects here. For other uses, see Churchill (disambiguation) and Winston Churchill (disambiguation).The Right Honourable SirWinston ChurchillKG OM CH TD DL FRS RAThe Roaring Lion, a portrait by Yousuf Karsh at the Canadian Parliament, December 1941Prime Minister of the United KingdomIn office 26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955MonarchGeorge VIElizabeth IIDeputyAnthony EdenPreceded byClement AttleeSucceeded byAnthony EdenIn office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945MonarchGeorge VIDeputyClement Attlee (1942–1945)Preceded byNeville ChamberlainSucceeded byClement AttleeshowSenior political officesshowMinisterial offices 1939–1952showMinisterial offices 1908–1929showParliamentary officesPersonal detailsBornWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill 30 November 1874 Blenheim, Oxfordshire, EnglandDied24 January 1965 (aged 90) London, EnglandResting placeSt Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire, EnglandPolitical partyConservative (1900–1904; 1924–1964)Other political affiliationsLiberal (1904–1924)SpouseClementine Hozier (m. 1908)ChildrenDianaRandolphSarahMarigoldMaryParentsLord Randolph ChurchillJennie JeromeEducationHarrow SchoolRMC SandhurstOccupationPoliticiansoldierwriterhistorianpainterCivilian awardsSee listMilitary serviceBranch/serviceBritish ArmyTerritorial Army (from 1902)Years of service1893–1924RankSee listUnit4th Queen's Own HussarsMalakand Field Force21st LancersSouth African Light HorseQueen's Own Oxfordshire HussarsGrenadier GuardsRoyal Scots FusiliersCommands6th bn, Royal Scots FusiliersBattles/warsNorth-West FrontierMahdist WarSecond Boer War (POW)First World WarTurkish War of IndependenceMilitary awardsSee listThis article is part of a series aboutWinston ChurchillLiberal PartyConservative PartyElectoral historyMP for DundeeMP for EppingMP for WoodfordLiberal GovernmentTonypandy riotsSiege of Sidney StreetNational Insurance Act 1911Gallipoli campaignRussian Civil WarIrish War of IndependenceAnglo-Irish TreatyChanak CrisisChancellor of the Exchequer1926 General StrikeBritish GazettePrime Minister of the United KingdomFirst TermCabinetBritish invasion of IcelandHome GuardDunkirkWe shall fight on the beachesAtlantic CharterAllied invasion of ItalyTehran ConferenceOperation Overlord D-DayYalta ConferenceVE DayCaretaker GovernmentPotsdam Conference1945 general electionSecond TermCabinetMau Mau rebellionMalayan EmergencyBooksThe World CrisisThe Second World WarA History of the English-Speaking PeoplesvteSir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,[a] KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Anglo-Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected a Conservative MP in 1900, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. Asquith's Liberal government, Churchill served as President of the Board of Trade and Home Secretary, championing prison reform and workers' social security. As First Lord of the Admiralty during the First World War, he oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign but, after it proved a disaster, he was demoted to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He resigned in November 1915 and joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front for six months. In 1917, he returned to government under David Lloyd George and served successively as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Air, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, overseeing the Anglo-Irish Treaty and British foreign policy in the Middle East. After two years out of Parliament, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government, returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity, a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure and depressing the UK economy.Out of government during his so-called "wilderness years" in the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat of militarism in Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. In May 1940, he became Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. Churchill formed a national government and oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against the Axis powers, resulting in victory in 1945. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition. Amid the developing Cold War with the Soviet Union, he publicly warned of an "iron curtain" of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. Between his terms as Prime Minister, he authored several books recounting his experience during the war for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. He lost the 1950 election, but was returned to office in 1951. His second term was preoccupied with foreign affairs, especially Anglo-American relations and the preservation of the British Empire. Domestically, his government emphasised house-building and completed the development of a nuclear weapon (begun by his predecessor). In declining health, Churchill resigned as Prime Minister in 1955, although he remained an MP until 1964. Upon his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral.Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the Anglosphere, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending Europe's liberal democracy against the spread of fascism.

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