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Winston Churchill received numerous honours and awards throughout his career as a British Army officer, statesman and author.. Perhaps the highest of these was the state funeral held at St Paul's Cathedral, after his body had lain in state for three days in Westminster Hall, [1] an honour rarely granted to anyone other than a British monarch.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955.
The decision to award Winston Churchill the Nobel Prize in Literature has been questioned. "Winston Churchill is historical but he belongs only to a little extent to the history of literature," wrote Helmer Lång in his 2001 book about the Nobel Prizes in literature, "It was the defender of democracy, the winner against fascism, that was ...
List of honorary citizens of the United States; Num. Name Image Date Nationality Note Ref. 1 Sir Winston Churchill: April 9, 1963 United Kingdom: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, notably during World War II. [8] [15] 2 Raoul Wallenberg: October 5, 1981 [a] Sweden: Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in Hungary from the Holocaust. [16] 3, 4 ...
The list included the first awards of the newly inaugurated Defence Medal, intended to honour members of the Home Guard, Civil Defence, and troops serving in non-operational areas. However, these four awards were to people who went with Churchill into operational areas, and were noted as being in a special category. [1]
Sir Winston Churchill: May 7, 1969: P.L. 91-12, 83 Stat. 8–9: In honor of the dedication of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. To be presented to the widow of Sir Winston, with the marred (to prevent duplication) die donated to the museum for display purposes. Roberto Clemente: May 14, 1973
In the late 1890s, Churchill's writings first came to be confused with those of his American contemporary Winston Churchill, a best-selling novelist.He wrote to his American counterpart about the confusion their names were causing among their readers, offering to sign his own works "Winston Spencer Churchill", adding the first half of his double-barrelled surname, Spencer-Churchill, which he ...
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