The final resting place of Sir Winston Churchill, Bladon, Oxfordshire

Подписаться 15 тыс.

Просмотров 151 тыс.

50% 1

A short clip showing the final resting place of the man voted the Greatest Britain, Sir Winston Churchill. The very unassuming grave of this great man is located in the parish Church of St Martin, Bladon, Oxfordshire. Bladon is about 5 miles north west of Oxford.
Please take a look at Video History Today www.videohistorytoday.com , the first web site to offer unique collections of re-usable original video clips designed for teachers and students.
The idea behind Video History Today is to give schools the raw material to make mini-documentaries and video essays on historical subjects.
Initial packages focus on World War I (Somme and Ieper areas), The Holocaust, the American Civil War and D-Day & Normandy 1944.

Опубликовано:

12 апр 2009

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 211

@4OSouth 14 лет назад

So very close to where he was born in Blenheim Palace, literally a case almost of from the cradle to the grave. Thanks for sharing this...

@johnwilson6971 6 лет назад

I was so surprised at the final resting place of this great man . But then thought that is what he wanted. 1978.

@transonicbuoy1 14 лет назад

Excellent vid. Buried as a commoner. Completely fitting. Glory and decency is much stronger than anything on this earth.

@fitzgeraldhanover3921 6 лет назад

Rest in peace. Prayers go out to you, Churchill.

@peterclive7958 11 лет назад

An incredible Man . I went to his Grave when I was just 20, I am now 67 , the Grave looks exactly the same as it did 47 years ago. God gave Churchill to Great Britain to rid of us of the 'most monstrous tyranny' ( his words ) . A great author , a great Painter, a brave soldier in Queen Victorias Army - but most of all a Great Statesman and orator . The saviour of his people . God Bless him always .

@napoleonbonaparteii7369 2 года назад

Also a grate murderer, a racist. His bloody policy murdered 3 times more people in INDIA, compared to Britain’s falling soldiers on WW2. LOL!

@stardustgirl2904 Год назад

Winston Churchill is in my family line! He was so incredible, tears come to my eyes, knowing this man's accomplishments! I feel I have failed to measure up to him❗But at the same time, maybe I can just be me, and maybe in some small way, I have also made a difference towards those around me ❗I don't know how to be anyone else but me!

@mrwri 4 года назад

Never have so many owed so much to so few, and one in particular.

@penfloyd 14 лет назад

Not disapointed........ Resting in the beautiful Oxfordshire Countryside.. Thanks for posting.

@Pincer88 5 лет назад

The more I learn about the man, the more I stand in solemn admiration. How I wish that our time would produce such a leader once more: someone with human flaws like us all, but the ability to lead in great adversity and to inspire millions to be brave, perseverent and truthfull in the pursuit of our collective goals. Truely a great man!

@charlesgould7334 10 лет назад

"All that it needs for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke. I lived through the blitz…….I'm glad some good men did something.

@nigelmay6870 9 лет назад

yeah the Germans fighting back against Zionism and jewish Bolshevik. Don't forget who ran through the streets of Germany post ww1, men with black suits on, forcing Russian solders to fire on germans, towards the end of pushing communism in Germany.. post ww2. the whole world then goes on a war against communism. If you lived through the blitz... that means your fairly old, and it hugely disappoints me you don't even know the first thing about ww2 or what caused it. Put it this way... do you think Germany wanted war... it was forced on them. go and watch, hitters war what the historians forgot to mention.

@spodface12 9 лет назад

***** shut up and read some books

@nigelmay6870 9 лет назад

WCML Traction no reply with any information or rebuttals against my points.. just garbage.

@spodface12 9 лет назад

erm i still haven't seen any facts or sources for your information sir, so to me, your spouting alot more garbage

@napoleonbonaparteii7369 2 года назад

Also a grate murderer, a racist. His bloody policy murdered 3 times more people in INDIA, compared to Britain’s falling soldiers on WW2. LOL!

@krieger2077 4 года назад

A fine soldier, orator, painter, and writer. Despite the many blemishes in your life that stain your name, you were a true hero. The defender of freedom and democracy in Europe. May you have found lasting peace. Well done, Sir. Winston Churchill.

@napoleonbonaparteii7369 2 года назад

Also a grate murderer, a racist. His bloody policy murdered 3 times more people in INDIA, compared to Britain’s falling soldiers on WW2. LOL!

@duncanchizizi6543 Год назад

There are no blemishes. He is just a hero period!

@Paggerd 11 месяцев назад

Spineless, gutless, mealy mouthed comment, you should be ashamed of yourself.

@Gixer750pilot 9 лет назад

I went there today. The tombstone has been cleaned and all the bushes in the background are gone .

@MrBamitzNick 8 лет назад

where are his remains now?

@mrbokke81 6 лет назад

Is it still open to the public?

@wheremylifego3790 4 года назад

I wonder what would happen if you went there today I am very surprised blm and haven't like this already

@Gixer750pilot 4 года назад

Martin same place

@BigTed5 15 лет назад

A Great Man. His courage and eloquence will not be forgotten.

@Broomehall 14 лет назад

The nan himself was impressive, no need for his resting place to be so, he will never be forgotten............................

@cathenman324 5 лет назад

I visited the area while camping with the kids. Made sure they saw the the great mans grave. He wasn’t perfect and made mistakes but on the whole served all of us well. I don’t think he would be too bothered by the adverse comments people have posted . He would quietly console himself with the fact that they are at least free to voice an opinion !

@christersvensson4948 Год назад

His mistakes were/are more minor than popular historians are aware of today.

@AviusUmbra 12 лет назад

I like the fact he has a modest grave in a family plot. Had Hitler won the war imagine the vast necropolis Speer would have built over his bones. A gentle, architectural reminder that Churchill helped defeat fascism.

@Nick215NY 6 лет назад

Thank you for this beautiful video.

@enochpowelghost 14 лет назад

may he rest in peace. for his generation and himself held the country together through very very hard times. the body is gone but the spirit remains

@jituumiyiuu5030 3 года назад

Yeah. Killing 3 million Indians I hope he rots in hell.

@philipsmith3084 3 года назад

I love these smaller and aged villages in England. They have so much class, unlike the big cities of the U.S.

@adriandunn1830 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your video with us I am going to visit his grave this year

@johnwilson6971 6 лет назад

I was shocked when I visited this church in the 1970,s to see his grave in such a small church yard. Perhaps this is what he wanted. He was born not very far away. Xx

@edfilipowicz4866 5 лет назад

"Never has so much, been owed by so many, to Winston Churchill"

@simpsonhenry7289 8 лет назад

I am stunned by the ignorance of so many below.

@ronaldcarlson8572 2 года назад

As an American, who's father fought in World War II, WInston Churchill is a hero in our eye, and I believe the one single individual who saved Democracy around the world, before America was able to enter the war. His alliance and partnership with FDR was instrumental in saving the world.

@davidpin90 12 лет назад

It may unassuming, but this man will never be forgotten

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 13 лет назад

Whatever one thinks of him, Winston Spencer Churchill was undoubtably one of the towering figures of the 20th century... and arguably one of the towering figures of the last millenium. He was far from faultless; he could be a snob, a biggot and took very questionable approaches and views on certain issues But he was also a diverse genius, highly cultured, highly intelligent, an iron will, a deep courage and the world owes him gratitude for his wartime leadership.

@MaDmanex100 2 года назад

an ordinary man put in an extraordinary position. quite the tale.

@egdireveb 4 года назад

That is a splendid monument.

@geegeetwo1 11 лет назад

Such a beautiful place.

@amesbancal 4 года назад

Émouvant et juste, Chateaubriand a écrit :" aux petits hommes les mausolées, aux grands hommes, une pierre et un nom" (to the little men the mausoleums, to the great men a stone and a name) Commentaires

@jaironarvaez2079 12 лет назад

Hey Buddy rest in peace i was born in nicaragua and i think you are the best there is , the best there was and the best there will be..........see you soon

@toyman9642 7 лет назад

Hey Elberiver...Churchill was one of the greats of history. Take your ignorant comment and shove it

@xrzi007 13 лет назад

Rest In Peace SIR Winston Churchill........Greek people will never forget you...You 've helped us so much in ww2....... Christos Z. .Volos city, Greece.

@ianharvey2537 11 лет назад

seems quite appropriate that Winston Churchill is buried in a small beautiful English parish church. he served England and was returned back to that rich dust.

@jamesmartin8460 6 лет назад

i went there and did it for my homework; i got 5 merits!!!

@Gixer750pilot 8 лет назад

Same place . In Oxfordshire

@MapleSyrupPoet Год назад

Wowww 💚 very humble resting place

@barbararey4337 Год назад

I'm not disappointed, his life was the monument to his life. A great man.

@jec1ny 4 года назад

Memory eternal.

@johnrhoads7058 Год назад

A great one indeed. "And the world was never the same".

@taniaearle4457 3 года назад

Cheers

@sammy.hodgy5 2 года назад

ive been there and seen his tomb stone, legend

@mindspring57 13 лет назад

If Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain had listened to Churchill in the 1930's much tragedy could have been avoided. Churchill personified the British resistance to Nazi tyranny during the Second World War, and for his fortitude and determination, we should forever be grateful. The United States made him an honorary citizen shortly before death.

@Priest57man 7 лет назад

It disgusts me how much hate there is for winston in this comment section, this is a (like) remembrance video, not a insult game.

@vineyardhouse 12 лет назад

Love the boxwoods around the graves...

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy The air raids on London set it ablaze, killed thousands, & was designed to break the spirit of a nation that hadn't been invaded in centuries. Churchill walked the streets personally to witness it, in spite of everything his advisors told him he wanted to be with the people in their grief. His speech "we shall fight on the beaches" has gone down as one of the most important in the 20th century. His work at Yalta is something British politicians today can't hold a candle to.

@andrewhughes1465 6 лет назад

I’ve been there surprised how ordinary his grave is

@MaDmanex100 2 года назад

perhaps he was an ordinary man made to do extraordinary things! we know his black dogs. addictions but he rose up and was ultimately his true self when it counted. his need for action. the skills of a statesman and his steadfastness to his mission.

@OUTDOORY 14 лет назад

RIP SIR WISTON CHURCHILL

@OnEbayNow 11 лет назад

Hallowed ground.

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

He was a very great man! RIP! Could you please tell me what the figure is straight back of the graves? It looks like the face of a woman. Is that a tombstone?

@padpaddeno9402 2 года назад

The greatest Englishman ever,Rip Winston and Clementine

@modelearth 12 лет назад

never knew that, his mother was an american

@joeystickfigure1756 5 лет назад

She was an American born English Socialite.

@bluesow 12 лет назад

Very great man. An inspiration to all people.

@xrzi007 13 лет назад

?? i can't understand what you mean dude?

@piusx8317 5 лет назад

Why do people always compare the UK PM with the American president. They are NOT the same

@jameswatsonatheistgamer 5 лет назад

JFK is a shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.

@marse4484 3 года назад

God bless him

@gunkiller9 13 лет назад

@xrzi007 are you a greek person.

@tonydanza6406 11 месяцев назад

As an American Sir Winston Churchill was to me the greatest Englishman of all time he helped guide Great Britain to final victory in World War II over Adolf Hitler and his Nazi army I love it when he said we will never surrender we shall fight on the beaches !

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy As PM, he resolved that he would rather die than allow Hitler to take Britain. As a result, Britain remained free when most others had fallen, even when France fell he didn't give up. He got the whole country, young and old, behind him (something that hasn't happened in present day Britain in a very long time, I might note) & urged them on to tighten their belts, roll up their sleeves, & remember the line: "Britons never never never shall be slaves."

@antonyhobbs1144 3 года назад

The greatest ever Briton

@cristiamastudillo9171 3 года назад

QUITO PICHINCHA PALACIO DE CARONDELET FELICIDADES GRACIAS

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 13 лет назад

What always strikes me is that Winston Churchill, one of the towering figures of the 20th Century has a resting place that could be easily missed... in a small village.. in a rural county Not like the huge memorials of communist dictators, or even the elaborate tombs of American presidents Come to think about it other great British premiers also have unassuming resting places... Pitt the Younger, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Attlee.... modesty at death seems to be a British thing

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

@RoemischKatholisch I'm not English, i'm Native American. American!!!

@mindspring57 12 лет назад

Yes, his mother was the former Jenny Jerome.

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 13 лет назад

I also think its very easy now to talk about WW2 in retrospective terms. It was an absolute, ideological and mechanised war. A war which saw deaths on an industrial scale. Around 45 million people have been killed in armed conflict in the 66 years since then... less than the estimated 70 million who died in the five years of the war... my point is we have to appreciate decisions in the context of the time and environment in which they were taken.

@transonicbuoy1 13 лет назад

Great comment there from the mighty Greeks. You gave us hydraulics and heroes. English, we offer you the great hero.

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

I'll answer you. It's really very simple. Constantine I, King of Greece was married to Kaiser Wilhelm's sister and therefore was "sympathetic towards Germany". He refused to support Serbia, his ally in the Balkan Wars, and even with a civil war threatening his own country, he still refused to honor his obligations with his allies. His own countrymen was tired of his "betrayal" and alongside his allies Britain, France, Russia and Italy, he was forced to abdicate. His son Alexander was

@marcosasst6280 10 лет назад

Not a spectacular grevesite if you compare to JFK, but other great leaders have chosen decent graves as well. Think on Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.

@drlumpenstrumpf 12 лет назад

"The war wasn´t only about abolishing fascism, but to conquer sales markets. We could have, if we had intended so, prevented this war from breaking out without doing one shot, but we didn´t want to." - Winston Churchill to Truman (Fultun, USA March 1946)

@xrzi007 13 лет назад

@gunkiller9 Yes i'm GREEK why?

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

then crowned King.

@rogershirley2857 4 года назад

The tombstone should be cleaned and the surrounding area tidied up and kept maintained. This man was a hero, he deserves better than this. I lived in Bladon for a few years after he was laid to rest there, surely Britain can do better than this.?

@dibyansh7507 3 года назад

"Hero" LoL 😂

@RonPaulCurrency 11 лет назад

Seems like she is calling for genocide

@Hello_kitty34566 3 года назад

☠️

@davidtinker2143 6 лет назад

This comment by Elberiver11 must count as one of the most idiotic, ill-informed and disgusting I've ever read on any topic on RU-vid. I had to read it twice to make sure I was interpreting it correctly. What is equally disturbing are some of the responses. Truly, truly frightening.

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy If Britain fell, Hitler would have had control of the whole British Empire, and the best that India could expect was either subjugation at the hands of a Germanic master race or a situation in which Germany and Japan fought over its landmass like two dogs over a bone: both sides would see India as a place where great money could be made: Germany would want tea, tropical produce, and fungible goods while Japan would look through eastern eyes (CONT)

@sherryhannah498 10 лет назад

I thought he was already one by birth his mother Jennie Jerome was an American so Sir Winston was English/American I thought

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

trials of the past Greece has been able, thanks to the civilizing strength of the morale of the race, to have overcome the conquerors and to rise free amidst the ruins, today it is quite a different matter. The present cataclysm will decide the definite fate of Hellenism, which, if lost, will never be restored." Over the next 18 months, some 5,000 Greek soldiers would die on the battlefields of World War I. And they are a free people, thanks to Alexander and the wise choice he made for Greece.

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

Cherokee. This is my tribe and believe me, we are not exterminated. Google Native Americans in The United States. I am proud to be Cherokee and will honestly say that i've had my fair share of hatred from other people. But one thing that i was strictly taught, and that was to never lie. Also, i have a very good sense of what is fair, who is right, and who is wrong. We are spiritual and can detect evil people right away. Our failure is how to deal with rotten people with evil hearts. We try

@mindspring57 12 лет назад

Oh, sure, Germany "just defended itself." Germany annexed Austria, marched into the Sudetenland, and in violation of its promise of "last territorial demand," took over the rest of Czechoslovakia within six months. Then it invaded Poland, dividing it with Stalin. Poor misunderstood Germany, just defending itself.

@bluegreen988 12 лет назад

I want to know where is hitler's grave..

@rogershirley2857 4 года назад

In hell hopefully

@mindspring57 12 лет назад

Try telling that to the peoples of the countries that Hitler invaded and let me know what they say.

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy Have you actually noticed that Robert Mugabe keeps staying in office? Or did it escape your attention that he and his henchmen live like royalty while so many are in rags? Churchill indeed was wrong about India. He was a man of his era: since he was in diapers, he was taught the maxim "crown, king, and country." (He was born at the height of the British Raj.) He was born to great privelege & in many ways was likely totally confused by developments of the times (CONT)

@ylmazkoroglu3719 3 года назад

Ateşin bol olsun inşallah hiç azalmasın bol bol yan

@TinyArts 13 лет назад

The saviour of Europe

@theredraven 12 лет назад

And he would have done exactly the same thing to us.

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

Simple. They were on the side of the Allies. Germany was on the side of The Central Power. It's good that King Constantine abdicated and his son Alexander then became King. He was wiser than his father. He diverted losing the support of his Allied friends and a civil war in his own country. The Greeks did not want to be ruled by Germany. This is what Alexander had to say about the war with The Central Powers: "Greece has to defend her territory against barbarous aggressors. But if in the

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

the French in bombing the Germans. After 5 days the Americans finished the bombing with napalm. They were not aware that there were people in the town.The air raid was attributed to Free General de Larminat. The bombing in La Rochelle France was again against the Nazi's who occupied it. I don't know if civilians died. Another incident of Napalm happened in Greece between the Greeks and Communist Rebels. Napalm was used in Vietnam. But in European refugee camps? Which ones? Or is this mud?

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

I think that this man should be reburied in Westminster, for he truly had the heart of a king & the soul of his nation's emblem, the lion. Let him have his rest in Oxfordshire a little while longer, but on the 50th anniversary of his death, let him take his rightful place amongst the greatest of his nation, for he was as great as Elizabeth and Edward Longshanks, and greater than Clement Atlee.

@mattwilliams9466 2 года назад

What a nice urinal

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy He was not a perfect man-he drank too much & was myopic on race issues. But to say that he was anything less than the savior of his country and one of the finest PMs Britain ever had is slander. Winston, when the time comes, should be reburied at Westminster as whatever else his faults he should remain forever in the memory of his countrymen as he gave them a future, freedom. They owe him that much.

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. True or false: a degree from a top tier university in the UK or US is considered a key to social and monetary advancement in India? And the UK's current immigration standards are attractive for those trying to make a better life for their children than what India has to offer (in particular those not born rich?) Question: if you despise the country that spawned Churchill so much, then why are you sucking on its teat, hypocrite?

@wheremylifego3790 4 года назад

Looks like I'm the first one here in 2020 wondering if blm or antifa have learned this yet

@DarrenMalin 2 года назад

those piss ant do not have the balls

@janicek2212 8 лет назад

Was there. I didn't like it.

@drlumpenstrumpf 12 лет назад

"We will force this war upon Hitler, if he wants it or not." - Winston Churchill (1936 broadcast) "Germany becomes to powerful. We have to crush it." - Winston Churchill (November 1936 to US-General Robert E. Wood) "Should Germany merchandise again in the next 50 years we have led this war (WW1) in vain." - Winston Churchill in Times (1919) "This war is an English war and its goal is the destruction of Germany." - Winston Churchill (Autumn 1939 broadcast)

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

You evidently live in America because you said that the white man forced English on you. So what are you? You're not black because i looked at your profile page and you have a lot of German videos. Your name is Elberiver,11 which is a river in Europe, the largest part in Germany. So your a German living in America. The white man never took the German people's language from them as you said that they did. You have a forked tongue. Now are you talking about Nazi gold? The gold that the Nazi's

@Gkm- 3 года назад

I respect him one side other side I hate him The Bengal famine of 1943

@goddessmother56 12 лет назад

You need to take a look at the Muslims in Germany. According to Wikipedia List of countries by Muslim Population, in the year 2010 there were 4,119,000 million Muslims in Germany, which was 5% of the total German population. The UK had 2,869,000 which was 4.6% of the total British population. Germany has a lot more Muslims than Britain and a higher percentage than Britain. So it looks like Germany is gonna be ruled by the Muslims before the British. I would say in about 35 years. Ha Ha!

@mozdickson 3 года назад

In the not too distant future: this is the place where Winston Churchill was raised from the dead, along with every other person buried there. Then comes judgement, and eternal life, or not.

@jeffblacky 7 лет назад

and the USA saved the day in both World Wars ....

@andycarey108 6 лет назад

the usa as never won a war, comes in at the end like a big hero to plunder.

@jordycalvin8272 6 лет назад

jeffblacky the US never entered World War I, they sent a few supplies but that's it

@alansbinnie1446 6 лет назад

Next time, try to turn up in time.

@MrLordBear 6 лет назад

You mean the Soviets did

@wcstevens7 5 лет назад

The British won the Second World War, with the help of their American cousins, however, in my humble opinion the input of the totally fearless Russians, was what really decided the final outcome. Brave young men on all sides of this conflict died, we must not forget them. They did not want to die....The poor chaps had no choice may they rest in peace. Duty done.

@shadowkitty56 13 лет назад

@justtakeiteasy were more impressed by how much money English officers were willing to bribe them & keep them in the lap of luxury than the needs of their own people? How many Viceroys were willing to line their own pockets with treasure and give nothing to the starving poor? And most of all, how easy was it for the British to take over India, bearing in mind that it had been strictly socially divided by caste until a Ghandi could arise?