What’s in a name? Quite a lot, it turns out. After Royal Air Force squadron leader Dick Churchill was shot down and captured by the Germans in September of 1940, he conspired with his fellow prisoners of war to dig escape tunnels. Seventy-six men ultimately fled Stalag Luft III prison, and all but three—including Churchill—were recaptured within days. Two-thirds were executed. Churchill’s life, however, was spared, because his captors mistakenly assumed he was related to Winston Churchill.

The event, later dubbed the Great Escape, inspired the 1963 film of the same name starring Steve McQueen. At its London premiere, Dick Churchill wore a bespoke dinner jacket from Gieves & Hawkes, the Savile Row tailor whose military heritage dates back to the late 18th century. This season, the house pa

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