Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistance back to his country. A supreme case of nominative determinism? See Isambard Kingdom Brunel for others.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
Charles de Gaulle - NW3
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates v...
de Gaulle statue
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Charles de Gaulle
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Free French Naval Forces
Thanks go to our French consultant, John Hartley, for the translation. We be...
Other Subjects
H. Woods, Jnr.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Rifleman Albert Anthony Pozzi
Albert Anthony Pozzi was born on 7 May 1881 in Barnsbury, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the four children of Albert Pozzi (1858-1894) and Emma Pozzi née Webster (1859-1929). On 7 Ma...
Serjeant Percival John Redgell
Percival John Redgell was born in 1892 the youngest of the three children of Alfred Harper Redgell (1860-1910) and Harriet Annie Redgell née Jones (1866-1892). His birth was registered in the 3rd q...
G. E. Woollett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.