Statue

Churchill statue - Parliament Square

Photograph by: London Remembers

Erection date: 1/11/1973

Inscription

{On the front of the plinth:}
Churchill
{Engraved on the base of the statue:}
Ivor Robert-Jones

12 foot high, bronze. Unveiled by Lady Churchill.

Site: Churchill statue - Parliament Square (1 memorial)

SW1, Parliament Square

It is said that this statue is charged with a small electrical current to stop pigeons landing on it and creating a mess. Difficult to prove, but if you ever see a happy pigeon on Winston that would disprove it, so let us know.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Churchill statue - Parliament Square

Subjects commemorated i

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock,...

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Churchill statue - Parliament Square

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Lady Spencer-Churchill

Clementine, married Winston Churchill in 1908. Born 75 Grosvenor Street as C...

Ivor Roberts-Jones

Born Oswestry.

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