Event    From 1945  To 2005

60 years of peace between Britain and Germany

Categories: Peace

Countries: Germany

Event

"... sixty years of peace between the peoples of Britain and Germany" in 2005, i.e. since the end of WW2.

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60 years of peace between Britain and Germany

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Hanseatic merchants and 60 years of peace

Let's cover the easy bit first: The German at the end translates as “The old ...

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, logician, essayist, social critic and campaigner for peace. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was third Earl Russell. Born Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire. A bad start in life - his...

Person, Peace, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Wales

3 memorials
Gerald Holtom

Gerald Holtom

Artist and designer of the peace symbol in 1958. Graduated from the Royal College of Arts. Conscientious objector in WW2. In 1958 he was working for the Ministry of Education. On 21 February 1958 ...

Person, Craft / Design, Peace

1 memorial
Entente Cordiale

Entente Cordiale

Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been at war on and off for centuries. The Entente Cordiale ('cordial agreement' doesn't really do it justice) settled a number...

Event, Peace, Politics & Administration, France

2 memorials
Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris

The agreement in which Britain acknowledged the United States to be sovereign and independent. Drafted in 1782 and effective from 12 May 1784.  The 6 men named on the memorial were the representati...

Event, Peace, France, USA

1 memorial

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Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street

Dr. Barnardo - Cable Street

E1, Cable Street, Barnardo Gardens

Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who open...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Guilders Stone

Guilders Stone

NW1, Canal tow path, Camden High Street

The phrase "Guilders Stone" has not been explained, other than a suggestion that it originally read "Builders Stone" and that a 1990s ren...

1 subject commemorated
Highgate Cemetery - Fire - L05 - Owen

Highgate Cemetery - Fire - L05 - Owen

N6, Swain's Lane, Highgate Cemetery

The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...

1 subject commemorated
William C. Brittle

William C. Brittle

Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903

Person, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial