Global InformationList of honours of Winston Churchill information
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Winston Churchill received numerous honours and awards throughout his career as a British Army officer, statesman and author.
Perhaps the highest of these was the state funeral held at St Paul's Cathedral, after his body had lain in state for three days in Westminster Hall,[1] an honour rarely granted to anyone other than a British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II also broke protocol by giving precedence to a subject, arriving at the cathedral ahead of Churchill's coffin.[2] The funeral also saw one of the largest assemblages of statesmen in the world.[3]
Throughout his life, Churchill also accumulated other honours and awards. He was awarded 37 other orders and medals between 1895 and 1964. Of the orders, decorations and medals Churchill received, 20 were awarded by the United Kingdom, three by France, two each by Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain, and one each by the Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Libya, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United States. Ten were awarded for active service as a British Army officer in Cuba, India, Egypt, South Africa, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium. The greater number of awards were given in recognition of his service as a minister of the British government.[4]
- ^ Picknett, et al., p. 252.
- ^ "Winston Churchill's History-Making Funeral".
- ^ Gould, Peter (8 April 2005). "Europe | Holding history's largest funeral". BBC News. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ^ "The Life of Churchill". 18 June 2008.