In January 1911 Churchill provoked controversy when he personally oversaw the police’s attempts to capture a group of Russian anarchists, led by ‘Peter the Painter’; they had allegedly murdered three policemen...

Introduced by Richard M Langworth...

It was here, in the Mahdist-stronghold of Omdurman, that Churchill took part in one of the last major cavalry charges in the history of the British army, when the 21st Lancers...

Sailing to India in 1896, the Hussars decided to form a polo team to take on the Indian players – the best the country had to offer The Indian polo teams...

In October 1914, Churchill managed to engineer a position at the centre of an ill-fated land battle, despite being in charge of the Navy The Germans, pushing into Belgium and France,...

Churchill was always a risk-taker and often his enthusiasm swept aside any anxieties others may have felt He pushed for the high-risk offensive operation of the Dardanelles, saying ‘this is the...

Written by Andrew Dewar Gibb...

Like many aristocratic men of the time, Churchill had been brought up to be able to ride, hunt foxes and fire a shotgun at game During his youth, he regularly went...

Churchill also enjoyed the rather more leisurely and less risky activity of swimming He had learnt to swim when he was at ‘prep’ school and at Harrow he represented his house...