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
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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,...
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This overtly modern facade is shown on the English Heritage map as part of the Scheduled Ancient Monument which includes the more traditi...
In our photo the plaque is just visible below the red burglar alarm on the upper left of the white building. This 1895 map shows that th...
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Through the window to the right of the plaque can be seen the actual well, discovered during building works in 1924. This building (labe...
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