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Old 21st March 2007 | 14:28
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MReyn24050
 
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This is a cold-cast resin bronze of Sir Winston Churchill in the captain's uniform of the Royal Yacht Squadron with navy blue reefer jacket. He habitually wore this very personal and entirely unofficial concoction when going abourd HM ships or visiting RN shore establishmets during World War II. This bust is modelled by Anthony Leonard for Heritage Sculptures. The wooden plinth is of oak removed from Havengore, during her restoration. Havengore was the former Port of London Authority launch that carried Churchill's coffin down the Thames after his State funeral in 1965.
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