Plaque

Westminster Hall - Churchill

Inscription

Winston Churchill lay in state here from the twenty seventh of January until his burial at Bladon on the thirtieth of January nineteen hundred and sixty five.

Site: Westminster Hall floor plaques - main floor (9 memorials)

SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall

These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Hastings; Wentworth; More; Churchill; King Edward VII; Gladstone; King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; and King George V and Queen Mary.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - Churchill

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Winston Churchill

Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock,...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - Churchill

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Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Here rested, from May 17 until interment at Windsor May 20 1910, Edward VII, ...

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Westminster Hall - Gladstone

Westminster Hall - Gladstone

We were unfamiliar with the word 'sepulture'. In this context it means the ri...

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Westminster Hall - Hastings

Westminster Hall - Hastings

On this spot Warren Hastings stood his trial 1788 - 1795. He was acquitted o...

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Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

His Majesty King George the Sixth lay in state here from the eleventh of Febr...

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Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary

Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary

His Majesty King George the Fifth lay in state here from the twenty-third of ...

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