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

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.

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[xrzi007]

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.

[kingbleah]

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

[goddessmother56]

@goddessmother56 became friends with Pope Pius XIII, who helped to send many people to the concentration camps. The German Catholics hated the Jews, and that was a known fact. Churchill's last words were not "what a fool i've been!" They were "I am bored with it all." (he was 90 yrs) And if he is in hell, he is in the company of Hitler and his demon army. I don't think that God would leave him there for long with all of those child killers!

[goddessmother56]

@RoemischKatholisch A mass murderer is someone who kills innocent people. Winston Churchill defended his country against a Mass Murderer called Hitler and his cohorts named Germans. Germany had already made a claim to fame as war-mongers in World War I. Even tho the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand triggered the war, trouble had been in the air for years. In world war II, Hitler was building up the Nazi army since 1921. Being born into the Catholic religion he cont

[RoemischKatholisch]

He was a mussmurderer, who is in hell now. A man who hated Germany. He said: If Germany is ruled by Hitler or a jesuit Priest whe have to destroy it. This is Mr. Churchill. His last words were: What a fool I´ve been. So now he is at his fathers side, Satan.

[RoemischKatholisch]

@xrzi007 You greek declared war on Germany in 1916. FOR WHAT??? ANSWER ME?

[vineyardhouse]

Love the boxwoods around the graves...

[goddessmother56]

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?

[bluesow]

Very great man. An inspiration to all people.