WINSTON CHURCHILL’S NEW HAT

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)

WINSTON CHURCHILL’S NEW HAT

Got It From Driver at Rail Christening.

Another hat was added to Mr Winston Churchill’s collection the other day, when, at, Euston, he christened a London. Midland and Scottish locoe motive of the Patriot class the “Royal y Naval Division. After the ceremony Mr Churchill g climbed into the driving-cab, and, Mr, A. H. Sparkes, of Willesden, the s driver, who served with the Naval Division during the war, offered him i. his hat. ” Leaning over the side with a broad e smile on bis face, Mr Churchill stood d on the footplate In professional style, s rubbing the gleaming brass rails with - a rag. When he left he took the hat with him. telling the driver that he I, intended to add It to his cherished n collection. t Acting as the fireman of the engine e was Driver Hartwell, of Willesden, who served In the Royal Navy from e j 1915 to 1920, while - Mr Joseph Harr rlson, statlonmaster at Euston, who o

served with the Drake Baltnlion of ■ the Division, and look part In the Dardanelles campaign, was also present. ' Mr Churchill claimed that the record of the R.N.D. was not surpassed • by any of the troops engaged in the ’ Complimenting the L.M.S. companyon Its Patriot class of engines, be remarked: “We were delivered from our peril, by the limitless sacrifice of our manhood and womanhood, and our - good luck which stood true and strong ’ in ftiose days. “The struggle Is not yet over. • "Times are critical and serious, and L if we are to maintain our place In the world and help the world forward » without a horrid lapse into deplorable war. It can only be if Britain is strong, and Britain can only be strong If it honours the memories of our heroes , and the great traditions of the past.”