Statue of Charles Portal

Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford
Artist	Oscar Nemon
Completion date	1975
Subject	Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford
Location	London
Coordinates	51°30′15″N0°07′25″W / 51.5042°N 0.1237°W / 51.5042; -0.1237

The statue of Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford is a statue that stands in Victoria Embankment Gardens, outside the Ministry of Defence. ^[1]

The statue was designed by Oscar Nemon and unveiled by Harold Macmillan in 1975. It depicts Charles Portal, who first had a decorated career during the First World War as part of the Royal Flying Corps. He would go on to serve as Chief of the Air Staff for a significant part of the Second World War. He is considered to be one of the most significant figures of British wartime command. With Eisenhower calling him "greater even than Churchill", and Churchill himself stating that "Portal had everything". ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Blackwood, John; Irwin, Caroline, eds. (1989). London's immortals: the complete outdoor commemorative statues (1. publ ed.). London: Savoy Pr. p. 288. ISBN   978-0-9514296-0-0.
2. Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London statues and monuments. Discovering series (5. ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 127. ISBN   978-0-7478-0495-6.
3. Matthews, Peter (2012). London's statues and monuments. Shire library. Oxford: Shire Publications. pp. 45–46. ISBN   978-0-7478-0798-8.

External links

• Media related to Statue of Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford at Wikimedia Commons