Winston S. Churchill dies
The President of the United Kingdom National Defence Association (UKNDA), Winston S. Churchill, has died after a two-year battle with cancer
Winston Spencer Churchill was the grandson of Sir Winston Churchill and, like his grandfather, had pursued a career in journalism and politics. As a war correspondent he covered conflicts such as Israel's Six Day War in 1967. He was a Conservative MP for Manchester (Stretford and later Davyhulme) from 1970 to 1997.
Under Mr Churchill's leadership, the UKNDA has campaigned vigorously in support of Britain's armed forces and has played a key role in pushing defence and national security higher up the political agenda.
In an echo of his grandfather's long and sometimes lonely fight against the follies of disarmament and appeasement in the 1930s, he became the founder-President of the UKNDA in 2007. This group was formed to highlight what it claimed were the state of Britain's under-funded and over-stretched Armed Forces, and to bring pressure to bear on Parliament to increase the resources available for the defence of the realm.
