Fifty years on from his death and 75 years since his “finest hour”, a series of events are being held to honour the life and legacy of Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s former prime minster and its wartime leader.
The Havergore, which carried his coffin, was joined by a small flotilla of boats as they retraced Churchlll’s final journey down the river 50 years ago.
A watchful eye the bronze statue by Ivor Robert-Jones, installed in 1973, shows ~Churchill as powerful, stocky, gigue in a naval overcoat leaning informally on a stick and gazing somewhat defiantly, towards the House of Parliament and Big Ben.
