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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cherylkubucko, post: 530955, member: 9624&quot;]Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">KG</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">OM</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">CH</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">TD</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">FRS</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">PC (Can)</span></a> (30 November 1874<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">[1]</span></a> – 24 January 1965) was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">British politician</span></a> known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">World War II</span></a>. He served as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Prime Minister</span></a> of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statesman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statesman" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">statesman</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orator" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">orator</span></a>, Churchill was also an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">officer</span></a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">British Army</span></a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">historian</span></a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Nobel Prize</span></a>-winning writer, and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">artist</span></a>.</p><p>During his army career, Churchill saw combat in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_India" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></a>, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sudan</span></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Second Boer War</span></a>. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Western Front</span></a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">World War I</span></a>, commanding the 6th Battalion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Royal Scots Fusiliers</span></a>.</p><p>At the forefront of the political scene for almost fifty years, he held many political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War, he served as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">President of the Board of Trade</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretary" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Home Secretary</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">First Lord of the Admiralty</span></a> as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Asquith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Asquith" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Asquith</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Government_1905-1915" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Government_1905-1915" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Liberal government</span></a>. During the war he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Battle of Gallipoli</span></a> caused his departure from government. He returned as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Munitions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Munitions" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Minister of Munitions</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Secretary of State for War</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Air" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Air" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Secretary of State for Air</span></a>. In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">interwar years</span></a>, he served as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Chancellor of the Exchequer</span></a> in the Conservative government.</p><p>After the outbreak of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Second World War</span></a>, Churchill was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following the resignation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Neville Chamberlain</span></a> on 10 May 1940, he became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</span></a> and led Britain to victory against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers_of_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers_of_World_War_II" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Axis powers</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">[2]</span></a> Churchill was always noted for his speeches, which became a great inspiration to the British people and embattled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Allied forces</span></a>.</p><p>After losing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1945" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1945" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">the 1945 election</span></a>, he became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Leader of the Opposition</span></a>. In 1951, he again became Prime Minister before finally retiring in 1955. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Elizabeth II</span></a> offered to create him Duke of London, but this was declined due to the objections of his son Randolph, who would have inherited the title on his father&#039;s death.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">[3]</span></a> Upon his death the Queen granted him the honour of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">state funeral</span></a>, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">Elizabeth II</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>2 Uncirculated GB 2009 coins to win</b>&nbsp; from De Orc Contest </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This one of the coins I got. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Obverse: </b></p><p><b></b>The first (young) portrait of the Queen facing right, designed by Mary Gillick. </p><p>ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D</p><p>1965.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Reverse: </b>A sombre-looking portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in a siren suit.</p><p>We are sure that Churchill himself would have been the first to admit that he was not pretty, his portrait on this crown is not exactly flattering. It is in quite low relief, and we believe it to be one of the least attractive British coins ever issued.</p><p>Quite what Churchill would have made of our comments, we will never know, but this was a very popular coin issue at the time, and over 9 million were issued! </p><p>CHURCHILL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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