January 1, 1970

Clementine and Winston, attending army manoeuvres at Aldershot, Hampshire in 1910 Broadwater album Clementine was politically astute and well-informed and, not content to sit on the side-lines, played an influential part in his political life.

Like most women of her day Clementine accepted that her own interests must always come second to those of her husband, but she acted as his political agent in London while he was serving in the trenches in the First World War (after he was sacked from the Admiralty and then resigned from government in 1915). She offered advice and met up with political leaders in London, determined to protect his political reputation in his absence.

On the right, you can see Clementine and Winston attending army manoeuvres at Aldershot, Hampshire in 1910. Clementine was politically astute and well-informed and, not content to sit on the side-lines, played an influential part in his political life.