'Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill', 23 February 1940, (1945). Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) watching a ceremony in central London during the Second World War. The crews of the battleships 'Ajax' and 'Exeter' marched through the City to the Guildhall and were afterwards decorated for their action against the 'Admiral Graf Spee' in the Battle of the River Plate. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. From "The Life and Times of Winston Churchill", by Malcolm Thomson. [Odhams Press Limited, London]