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On November 30th, 2023, Simon Cundy hosted The Young Churchillians at Henry Poole & Co in London to celebrate Sir Winston Churchill’s 149th birthday. The bespoke tailor shop was founded in 1806 and moved to its historic Saville Row location in 1846. Poole & Co has a rich history of creating bespok...

12/01/2023

Winston Churchill, in his famous 'siren suit', stands with his hand on a British officer's shoulder while smoking a cigar at the British Embassy in Cairo in August 1942.

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The second edition of Chartwell Chats is now available.As we look towards celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s birth in 2024, I am de...

06/06/2023

'I have also to announce to the House that during the night and the early hours of this morning the first of the series of landings in force upon the European Continent has taken place. In this case the liberating assault fell upon the coast of France. An immense armada of upwards of 4,000 ships, together with several thousand smaller craft, crossed the Channel. Massed airborne landings have been successfully effected behind the enemy lines, and landings on the beaches are proceeding at various points at the present time. The fire of the shore batteries has been largely quelled. The obstacles that were constructed in the sea have not proved so difficult as was apprehended. The Anglo-American Allies are sustained by about 11,000 first line aircraft, which can be drawn upon as may be needed for the purposes of the battle. I cannot, of course, commit myself to any particular details. Reports are coming in rapid succession. So far the Commanders who are engaged report that everything is proceeding according to plan. And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever taken place. It involves tides, wind, waves, visibility, both from the air and the sea standpoint, and the combined employment of land, air and sea forces in the highest degree of intimacy and in contact with conditions which could not and cannot be fully foreseen.' -Winston Churchill, D-Day, 6 June 1944.

05/10/2023

10 May 1940

Churchill drove back from Buckingham Palace to the Admiralty, accompanied only by his detective, W. H. Thompson. The journey was made, as Thompson later recalled, ‘in complete silence’. Then, as Churchill was getting out of the car, he turned to his detective and said: ‘You know why I have been to Buckingham Palace, Thompson?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied Thompson, and proceeded to congratulate him. ‘I only wish,’ he added, ‘that the position had come your way in better times, for you have an enormous task.’ Tears came into Churchill’s eyes. ‘God alone knows how great it is,’ he said. ‘I hope that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.’

Gilbert, Martin. Winston S. Churchill: Finest Hour, 1939–1941 (Volume VI) pp. 348-349.