Dear Antoine, I too wondered about the descent of the young girls. Unfortunately, I am now in the country and without access to any of my reference works -- and the Internet does not seem to yield any answers. If no one else replies in the interim, I shall check when I return to London. The gentlemen dressed in red were members of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. The Bargemaster of the Company stood at the bow of the Havengore for the procession in 1965. The Company is an ancient guild of the City of London and is almost identical to the City's famous Livery Companies except for the fact that it (along with the Parish Clerks' Company) never received a grant of "Livery" (a fact of which it is very proud). Historically the Company was responsible for licensing Thames Watermen (watermen transported people on the river, lightermen transported goods) but is perhaps best known today for the annual Dogget's Coat & Badge Race, the world's oldest rowing race (and allegedly the oldest annual sporting event in the world). To bring this more directly back to Churchill, Sir Winston was a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers (the senior livery company in the City). Best, R.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Westminster Abbey's Churchill wreathlaying > ceremony - Order of Service > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:47:37 +0100 > > Dear Rafal, > > Many thanks for the link - which I duly followed. > > I was intrigued by the allusion to WSC's descendants : > > "Flowers were laid on the memorial stone commemorating Sir Winston Churchill > in the Nave by John Winston Churchill, > great-great-grandson; Iona Pite, great-great-granddaughter; and Christable > Fraser, great-great-granddaughter." > > I think I can identify "John Winston Churchill" as the current Randolph's > son. But what of the two girls ? Who are they ? > > On a different subject : > > Who were the men in red with white stockings on the fore deck of the > Havengore yesterday ? > > Best wishes, > > A.C. > > Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Professor emeritus of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > [email protected] > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > =============== > > From: Rafal Heydel-Mankoo > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 8:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Westminster Abbey's Churchill wreathlaying ceremony > - Order of Service > > For those who were unable to attend yesterday's special wreath-laying > ceremony at the Churchill memorial in Westminster Abbey, a > PDF of the Order of Service is now available online via the Abbey website: > http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/january/sir-winston-churchill-remembered > > Direct link: > http://www.westminster-abbey.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/88855/32507-Churchill-Wreath-Laying-Service.pdf > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
