Young Soldier
Sudan
Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR
March 27, 2017
Desperate to join the army reconquering the Sudan, lost following the death of General Gordon in 1885, Churchill managed to obtain a temporary commission as a Lieutenant with the 21st Lancers while again also serving as a war correspondent, this time for the Morning Post.
In August 1898 he travelled up the Nile with the expeditionary force under General Kitchener.
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