After the stroke, he was mostly in a coma his last words were to his son-in-law Christopher Soames: "I'm so bored with it all." His physician Lord Moran first informed the Queen and the Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the death, and then made the announcement at 8:35 a.m. The last was on 15 January 1965, from which he never recovered. Since 1949, he had suffered eight strokes. Death Ĭhurchill died in the morning of Sunday 24 January 1965 in his home at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, exactly 70 years after the death of his father. The documents dictated the entire course of the funeral down to the minutest detail. The final documents, titled State Funeral of the Late Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, K.G., O.M., C.H., were issued on 26 January 1965, two days after Churchill's death. During that period, in 1958, Churchill nearly died from a sudden attack of pneumonia. Churchill survived the next 12 years, during which necessary modifications were frequently made. A meticulous and confidential plan titled Operation Hope Not was prepared. She instructed the Duke of Norfolk, who, as Earl Marshal, was in charge of state funerals, to make preparations in the event of Churchill's death that should be "on a scale befitting his position in history". Among the few who were informed of the news was Queen Elizabeth II, who had occupied the throne for just a year. Unknown to his guests, he collapsed and was left partially paralysed. In June 1953, during his second term as prime minister, he had a severe stroke at a dinner party at Downing Street.
Voted as the greatest Briton in a BBC poll in 2002, Sir Winston Churchill is remembered for leading his country (with the Allies) to victory as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was remarked "as demonstrating the British genius for public spectacle." Background and funeral plan Attended by representatives from 120 countries, 6,000 people, and (unusually) by Queen Elizabeth II more than 1,000 police and security personnel, involving nine military bands, 18 military battalions, 16 English Electric Lightning fighter jets of the Royal Air Force, a special boat MV Havengore, and a funeral train hauled by Winston Churchill, homage paid by 321,360 people, and witnessed by over 350 million people, it was the largest state funeral in history. In the afternoon he was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon, the resting place of his ancestors and his brother. From there the body was transported by water along the River Thames to Waterloo station, accompanied by military salutations. On 30 January, the order of funeral was held at St Paul's Cathedral. īy decree of Queen Elizabeth II, his body lay in state at Westminster Hall for three days from 26 January.
After several revisions due to Churchill's continued survival (mainly because "the pallbearers kept dying", explained Lord Mountbatten), the plan was issued on 26 January 1965, two days after his death. Planning for the funeral, known as Operation Hope Not, began after Churchill's stroke in 1953 while in his second term as prime minister. The official funeral lasted for four days. It was the last state funeral until Queen Elizabeth II's on 19 September 2022. His was the first state funeral in the United Kingdom for a non-member of the Royal Family since Edward Carson's in 1935. Sir Winston Churchill, the British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War, died on 24 January 1965, aged 90.
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