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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL AND KING GEORGE V
(1874 - 1965) British Prime Minister who led England through the Blitz and orchestrated the British liberation of occupied Europe and Germany. Churchill is today considered perhaps the greatest statesman of this century. Fine association D.S. "W. Churchill" as Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air on War Office letterhead specifically designed to be sent to the King, 1p. 4to., [London], July 13, 1919, a submission to KING GEORGE V. In part: "...Your Majesty may be graciously pleased to give covering approval for the award of 'Territorial Decoration' to the officers named on the enclosed list, who were duly recommended under the terms of the Royal Warrant...Through an oversight the names of these officers were nor submitted for Your Majesty's formal approval before being published...". At top, King George V approves the request, writing: "Appd G. R. I." With original red silk ribbon attached, and Churchill's list of several hundred men entitled to the award. Near fine. At this time, Churchill was heavily engaged in organizing the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Churchill was a staunch advocate of foreign intervention, declaring that Bolshevism must be "strangled in its cradle". He secured, from a divided and loosely organized Cabinet, intensification and prolongation of the British involvement beyond the wishes of any major group in Parliament or the nation-and in the face of the bitter hostility of Labour. The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a medal awarded for twenty years' service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army.

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