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Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants - France

Categories: Social Welfare

The equivalent of the UK Ministry of Defence has a special section, named in the Ministry’s title, to deal with Veterans & War Victims – indeed there is a National Office – set up for this very purpose, similar to the MoD’s own Veteran’s Advisory & Pensions Committees, but seemingly offering wider range of services for Veterans, Widow(er)s & Orphans all under one roof, so to speak.

Credit for this entry to: John Hartley

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Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants - France

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Bomber Command Memorial

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Agnes Cotton

Agnes Cotton

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Person, Philanthropy, Social Welfare

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Mr John Carr

Mr John Carr

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

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1 memorial
Margaret Ethel MacDonald

Margaret Ethel MacDonald

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Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Keith Dudley Hoare, SBSTJ

Keith Dudley Hoare, SBSTJ

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Person, Social Welfare, Gibraltar

1 memorial
Shelter

Shelter

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First residential roof-top wind turbines

First residential roof-top wind turbines

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Group, Engineering

1 memorial
Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

Southbank Mosaics / London School of Mosaic

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St Mary's Primrose Hill war memorial - first

St Mary's Primrose Hill war memorial - first

NW3, Primrose Hill Road, St Mary's Primrose Hill

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War dead, Civilian war dead | WW1, WW2, Other war
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British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

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Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

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Person, Journalism / Publishing, Ireland

2 memorials