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   Oct 18, 2010 · 1955. Winston Churchill retires as prime minister. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retires as ...

2. www.politico.com › story › 2019/04/05Winston Churchill resigns as Britain’s prime minister, April ...

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   Apr 5, 2019 · Winston Churchill, who led Great Britain in an alliance with the United States and the Soviet Union that defeated the Axis powers in World War II, resigned on this day as prime minister. Churchill ...

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   BBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigns

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   • On Sunday November 24 2002, Winston Churchill was named the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll which attracted well over a million votes. Sir Winston Churchill resigns as prime minister of Britain due to failing health.

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4. news.bbc.co.uk › onthisday › hiBBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigns

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   1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigns. Sir Winston Churchill has resigned as prime minister of Britain due to his failing health. The news was announced in a statement from Buckingham Palace this afternoon. It said: "The Right Honorable Sir Winston Churchill had an audience with the Queen this evening and tendered his resignation as Prime ...

5. winstonchurchill.org › the-life-of-churchillWinston Churchill Resigns as Prime Minister

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   Churchill resigns on the 4th of April 1955. Winston Churchill became Prime Minster for the first time during the Second World War and in 1950 he was asked by the King to form a government for the second time. In April in 1955 he resigned for the final time as Prime Minister.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Winston_ChurchillWinston Churchill - Wikipedia

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   Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of ...

8. www.upi.com › Archives › 1955/04/05Churchill resigns, Eden to take over - UPI Archives

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   LONDON, April 5, 1955 (UP) - Sir Winston Churchill, the grand old man of empire, today resigned as prime minister of Great Britain.