Churchill at the controls of a Boeing 314 flying boat during the Second World War...

Churchill, wearing the uniform of a full Colonel of the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars, visits his old regiment in Cairo on 5 December 1943, with his daughter Sarah and Lieutenant General...

Churchill wearing a French steel helmet during a visit to the French front line on 5 December 1915, shortly before taking command of the battalion on the Western Front Here, he’s...

This Orilux torch was presented to Churchill by his brother-in-law Bertram Romilly on 15 November 1915 The torch displays signs of shrapnel damage incurred while Churchill fought in the trenches...

Churchill’s warrant to return from the front, May 1916 copyright: Churchill Archives Centre...

The reward poster issued for the recapture of ‘the escaped prisioner [sic] of war’, ‘dead or alive’ copyright: Churchill Archives Centre, Broadwater Collection...

Churchill with other captured British soldiers during the Boer War (he is standing on the far right) copyright: Churchill Archives Centre, Broadwater Collection...

Translation of a description of Churchill issued for his recapture by H C Breaul to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, 20 December 1899 (Churchill Archive Papers, Churchill College etc) It notes,...

On his arrival in Durban in December 1899, Churchill was hailed a war hero copyright: Reproduced from the Baroness Spencer Churchill Papers with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd,...