Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Funeral_of_Sir_Winston_Churchill
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cemetery
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:King_Baudouin_of_Belgium
gptkb:King_Olav_V_of_Norway
gptkb:Lester_B._Pearson
gptkb:Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkb:President_Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:Edward_Heath
President Lyndon B. Johnson (represented by Earl Warren)
representatives from 112 countries
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:BBC
gptkbp:burialPlace St Martin's Church, Bladon
gptkbp:coffinTransportedBy MV Havengore (on the Thames)
train to Bladon
gptkbp:date 30 January 1965
gptkbp:honouredBy RAF flypast
Royal Navy pallbearers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
gptkbp:location gptkb:St_Paul's_Cathedral,_London
gptkbp:notableFor largest state funeral at the time
first state funeral for a non-royal since William Gladstone
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy lying in state at Westminster Hall
gptkbp:processionTo gptkb:St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:viewedBy over 350 million people worldwide
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4