"Winston Churchill during the Second World War in France" First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill talks to Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal John Gort, from a chair at Gort's billet at Chateau de Couroy near Avesnes, France, on 5 November 1939. Lieutenant General Henry Pownall, Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force, stands on the right.