Erection date: 7/11/1956
Inscription
{On the front of the South African granite plinth and repeated on the back:}
Ian Christian Smuts, 1870 - 1950
Winston Churchill wanted to unveil this statue but illness prevented.
Site: Smuts statue (1 memorial)
SW1, Parliament Square
We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling. 2014: Jamie writes: "Pathe are currently misidentifying the man unveiling the statue - it's not Herbert Morrison, but William Morrison, (I've told them about it)."
