Medals and Decorations of Sir Winston Churchill

The insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry gleamed in lone splendour on Sir Winston Churchill’s coffin.

The insignia of the orders and the medals awarded to Sir Winston were mounted on four black velvet cushions and carried in the procession to the cathedral and within the cathedral by four officers of The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, descendents of the first regiment in which Sir Winston was Colonel.

The heraldic form was conspicuous. The Windsor Herald carried the sword and the Somerset Herald the targe with Sir Winston Churchill's coat of arm painted on it. The Lancaster Herald held the crest of the Churchills taken from Sir Winston’s stall of the Garter Knights at Windsor. The York Herald carried the spurs. The heralds wore mourning scarves – black sashes over their silken tabards of gold, scarlet and blue.

Two heraldic banners, one of Sir Winston’s arms and the other of the arms of the Cinque Ports of which he was Warden, were carried by two officers of The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars.

Orders, Decorations and Medals honouring Sir Winston.

• The Most Noble Order of the Garter
• The Collar & the George,The Star War Medal 1939 – 1945 Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav of Norway
• The Order of Merit Territorial Decoration Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown of Luxembourg
• Companion of Honour Order of Military Merit (Spain)
• Ist Class Madaille Militaire de France
• India Medal 1895 Spanish Medal, Cuban Campaign 1895 – 1898
• Sudan, 1896 –1897 U.S.A. Distinguished Service Medal (Army) Nobel Prize for Literature 1953 S. Africa
• Queen Victoria’s Medal 1899 – 1902 Khedives Sudan Medal 1896 – 1905 Privy Councilor 1907
• 1914 – 1915 Star Belgian Croix de Guerre (avec Palme) 1939– 1945 Elder Brother of Trinity House
• British War Medal 1914 – 1920 Luxembourg War Medal Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports
• Victory Medal Danish War Medal 1945 Honorary Academician Extraordinary
• 1939 – 1945 Star French Croix de Guerre (avec Palme) 1939– 1945 Honorary Citizen of
• The United States of America 1963
• Africa Star French Croix de la Liberation King George V Coronation 1911
• Italy Star 1943 – 1945 Knight Grand Cross of the
• Order of Leopold of Belgium King George V Silver Jubilee 1933 France and Germany Star
• 1944 – 1945 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands King George VI Coronation 1937 Defence Medal 1939 – 1945 The Order of the Elephant of Denmark Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953