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.
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Charles de Gaulle
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates v...
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
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Charles de Gaulle
Thanks go to our French consultant, John Hartley, for the translation. We be...
Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Naval commander who became a national hero a...
Born in Ealing. Died aged 19 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
Canadian firefighter and competitive diver. A section leader from Saskatoon, ...
