The Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his war cabinet, the eight men who control the war machine Left to right standing: Mr Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; Mr Ernest Bevin Minister of Labour and National Service; Lord Beavertbrook Minister of Supply; Sir Kingsley Wood Chancellor of the Exchequer; sitting, Sir John AndersonLord President of the Council, Mr Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Mr R C Attlee Lord Privy Seal, and Mr Anthony Eden Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.