Churchill

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Times were frightening and uncertain as the German armies moved nearer and Churchill boosted people's confidence by giving this speech in parliment: "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!"

__Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill - 1874 - 1965__

Born on the 30th of November, 1874, Winston Churchill was the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother. He had an education at Harrow and then at Sandhurst. He started his career in the army, where he saw combat in India, Sudan and the Second Boer War- also briefly serving in the British Army during WW2. He then became a Member of Parliment for the Conservative party in 1900. As the second world war broke out he became the first Lord of the Admiralty.

In May 1940 he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for our country, following the resigniation of Neville Chamberlain. He remained Prime Minister until 1945 so during most of the war he was Prime Minister. During WW2 Winston famously said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many few." He was later knighted by the queen. Winston Churchill's family home was Chartwell in Kent that now belongs to the National Trust, where a statue of him stands. He also wrote books and was a gifted painter.

He sadly passed away on the 24th of January, 1965. Winston Churchill lived in a place in Kent called Chartwell along with his family.

Chartwell

Churchill met his wife, Clemintine Hozier at a ball. They had four children, Diana, Randolf, Sarah and Marigold.

Here is Winston Churchill,our Prime Minister from 1940-1945. He was alive from 30th September 1874-24th January 1965.