Winston Churchill Visit to the North East (1940) Categories: Events, Industry, People, War Tagged as: Army, boat, Bodyguard, Cheering, Churchill, crowd, Defences, Naval, Navy, Plane, Prime Minister, ship, Ship building, Ship repair, Shipyard, Speaking, Visit, Walter Henry Thompson, war, Winston Churchill, workers Date added: November 13, 2017 • 0 Four photos of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s visit to North East England shipyard and to inspect coastal defences on 31 July 1940. Photos courtesy of Imperial War Museum. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn