Churchill's Cigar On Sale ; World War Ii Memento Is Up for Auction Next Week

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GEORDIE soldier John Turnbull was probably the butt of jokes from his fellow troopers the day he picked up and kept what was left of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's discarded cigar.

But John's family will have the last laugh next week when the cigar butt goes on sale in Newcastle 70 years later for between pounds 200-pounds 300.

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Churchill's Cigar On Sale ; World War Ii Memento Is Up for Auction Next Week

John, from Elswick in Newcastle, served with the Coldstream Guards during the Second W...

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