French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the liberation of France in 1944. The 'Maquis' refers mainly to the rural guerrilla bands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
French Resistance / The Maquis
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Violette Szabo home
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
Other Subjects
D. J. C. Moyce
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
P. Tourle
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Wood
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Royal Air Force
Formed 1st April 1918 at Hotel Cecil, 80 the Strand where it had its first headquarters. Motto: Per Ardua Ad Astra, Latin for "Through Struggles to the Stars".
8 memorials
Rifleman Frederick William Pozzi
Frederick William Pozzi was born on 5 June 1889 in Edmonton, Middlesex, (now Greater London) the youngest of the four children of Albert Pozzi (1858-1894) and Emma Pozzi née Webster (1859-1929). On...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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3 memorials
George Edmund Street
W1, Cavendish Place, 14
Greater London Council George Edmund Street, 1824 - 1881, architect, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
de Gaulle
SW1, Carlton Gardens, 4
In 1940, after briefly being in Mayfair and Victoria, de Gaulle moved here with his French National Committee. On 18 June that year he ma...
3 subjects commemorated
Robin Waterston
SE18, Repository Road, Royal Artillery Barracks
The flowers behind the 'No Entry' sign are tributes to the murdered soldier Lee Rigby. We are sure that in time we will be back here to s...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Milton
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called The Spread Eagle in Bread Street, Cheapside. Left London to study in Cambridge but found all the dull debates in Latin ...
14 memorials