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Churchills funeral cortege january 30 1965 before dawn on the morning of the funeral a million people began to gather along the cortege route. One of the abiding memories of sir winston churchills state funeral which brought many a tear to the eyes of those witnessing the event was the lowering of the jibs of the cranes on hays wharf on the south bank as the mv havengore motored past carrying churchills body on its way to festival pier and there on to hanborough station and then bladon in oxfordshire for his burial.
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His was the first state funeral for a non royal family member since edward carson in 1935 and as of 2019 it remains the most recent state funeral in the united kingdom.
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Heres a view of the crowd lined up. It was an elaborate occasion to say the least.
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Today churchill is commemorated in st pauls by a bronze memorial plaque designed by john skelton and set before the quire steps which reads the catafalque of sir winston chuirchill stood here at his state funeral on 30 january 1965 and the winston churchill memorial screen commissioned by the cathedral chapter and designed and made by the blacksmith james horrobin in 2004 located in the crypt where it forms a line with the final resting places of nelson and wellington.
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Prime minister 1940 1945 1951 1955. The funeral of sir winston churchill on 30 january 1965 was broadcast live on the bbc and seen around the world.
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