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
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
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