Erection date: 2004
1904 - 2004
To celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale the Franco-British Society has inscribed this stone on the 100th anniversary.
SW1, Knightsbridge, French Embassy
The 50th plaque is on the corner of the building. The centenary plaque is in the porch, where there is also a splendid highly polished embossed copper plaque that displays the French emblem and reads: Ambassade de la République Française.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Entente Cordiale - centenary
Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Entente Cordiale - centenary
From the picture source website: "Founded in 1924, although its roots go back...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Entente Cordiale - centenary
1904 - 1954 To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Entente Cordiale the Fran...
Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878 - 1914, painter, lived and worked here, 1909 - 1912. English Heritage
Londonist points out how important correct use of English can be: "This was not the only Strand building to survive the Great Fire... the...
Maps showing the route of the River Fleet do not show it passing through this site. This brings into question the veracity of all the tex...
The foundation stones are listed here left to right. They were laid in October 1889 and the building opened in April the following year....
The one and only Gizmo, local personality and Shihtzu, lived here 5.11.88 - 13.1.99
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