Churchill facts and figures
Sir Winston Churchill, was born on 30th November 1874. He was an officer in the army where he commanded a battalion in the First World War, but also won the Nobel Prize for literature. He was a politician for over 50 years, the pinnacle of which was when he became Prime Minister in May 1940, a position he held throughout the remainder of the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century and was an inspirational figurehead for Britain making numerous motivational speeches to rally the troops. Perhaps one of his most memorable lines was “Never in the field of Human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”