He joined the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars in 1895 and served in the Indian northwest frontier and the Sudan, where he saw action in the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Winston Churchill as a child Photo: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesĬhurchill enjoyed a brief but eventful career in the British Army at a zenith of British military power. His father died when he was 21, and it was said that Churchill knew him more by reputation than by any close relationship they shared. While at school, Churchill wrote emotional letters to his mother, begging her to come see him, but she seldom came. Up to this time, his relationship with both his mother and father was distant, though he adored them both. However, once there, he fared well and graduated 20th in his class of 130. Within weeks of his enrollment, he joined the Harrow Rifle Corps, putting him on a path to a military career.Īt first, it didn't seem the military was a good choice for Churchill it took him three tries to pass the exam for the British Royal Military College. Early YearsĬhurchill was born on November 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.įrom an early age, young Churchill displayed the traits of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a British statesman from an established English family, and his mother, Jeanette "Jennie" Jerome, an independent-minded New York socialite.Ĭhurchill grew up in Dublin, Ireland, where his father was employed by his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill.Ĭhurchill proved to be an independent and rebellious student after performing poorly at his first two schools, Churchill in April 1888 began attending Harrow School, a boarding school near London. and Soviet Union during World War II to defeat the Axis powers and craft postwar peace. After becoming prime minister in 1940, Churchill helped lead a successful Allied strategy with the U.S. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician, military officer and writer who served as the prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955.
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