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Sir Winston Churchill is best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom and the commonwealth through the Second World War. But his long career, which stretched over 50 years, had many other important facets as well – including several positions in which he directly or indirectly helped to shape the UK’s armed forces as they exist today.

In October 1911, he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and was responsible for the modernization of the Navy. Always foresighted, Churchill was quick to realise the potential of the use of aircraft by the Services and he established the Royal Naval Air Service and an Air Department at the Admiralty. By the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the RNAS had ninety-three aircraft, six airships, two balloons and seven hundred and twenty-seven personnel. The RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service (the first of its kind in the world), the Royal Air Force. At the time of the merger, the Navy's air service had 55,066 officers and men, 2,949 aircraft, 103 airships and 126 coastal stations. During World War One he also became Minister of Munitions, responsible for the production of military tanks, aeroplanes, guns and shells.

Churchill also served under David Lloyd George as Minister of War and Air (1919-20) and Colonial Secretary (1921-22).The divisions in the Liberal Party led to Churchill being defeated by E. D. Morel at Dundee in the 1922 General Election. For the second time in his career Churchill joined the Conservative Party and was successfully elected to represent Epping in the 1924 General Election. Epping was a constituency which survived until 1974, when it was split into three sub areas to create three seats – Chingford, Epping Forest and Harlow, and surprisingly not many people know this. Harlow has a long history of supporting not only the development of Electronics warfare but also military planning.

After Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained power in Germany in 1933, Churchill became a leading advocate of rearmament. In 1939 Churchill controversially argued that Britain and France should form a military alliance with the Soviet Union. On the outbreak of the Second World War Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and on 4th April 1940 became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee. Then, on May 10th, 1940 King George VI sent for Churchill and appointed him Prime Minister.

During the dark years from 1940 to 1945 Churchill, by example, gave the British people the strength and resilience to overcome the Nazi threat. The war was won, but of course threats to our national security continue to the present day and will no doubt continue into the foreseeable future. Our armed forces – Army, Navy and Air Force – must maintain readiness and superiority even when they’re not actively engaged in defence. And, in today’s world, superiority relies heavily on the ability to maintain and deploy advanced technology systems.

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