Readers recall how a national hero once lost his way and another side to his state funeral

Did Winston Churchill ever take the tube, Ian Jack asks (Journal, 27 January). Yes. He once ventured into a Kensington station only to get lost in the corridors and have to be led back to the surface. Not the kind of scene the makers of Darkest Hour would have relished.

Jonathan Fenby

London

• As a young airman I got into big, big trouble for refusing to “volunteer” for Churchill’s funeral in January 1965, and my RAF career was then effectively over. This is now one of my proudest boasts. On the Saturday at Sheffield’s Bramall Lane stadium, the three minutes’ silence were interrupted by frequent cries of “Bloody get on wi’it.” I knew I wasn’t alone in that crowd and I’ve never looked back.

John Smith

Sheffield

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