Greater London Council
General Charles de Gaulle, President of the French National Committee set up the Headquarters of the Free French Forces here in 1940.
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
SW1, Carlton Gardens, 4
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
Formed, in concept at least, on 18 June 1940 in de Gaulle's 'Appeal of 18 Jun...
Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. Presi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
{Left most double plaque - top:} LCC Lord Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, statesman,...
2018: We are grateful to Sugár Istvánné Ilona for pointing out that the plaque's Hungarian is incorrect: "Liszt Târsagâg" should read "Li...
We counted 5 memorials on the outside of this building: the relief showing Tyburn martyrs at attic level; the Gunne plaque at eye level o...
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the building. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1913, WW1 got in the way, and the bu...
The building behind is the former Air Ministry. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...
There are two plaques below the clock. The upper, smaller one is for the reopening, the lower one is for the US President. Ian Visits h...
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