Formed, in concept at least, on 18 June 1940 in de Gaulle's 'Appeal of 18 June' speech. Free French units operated as auxiliary forces to the British Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Soviet Air Force, and the British SAS. Later larger Free French units operated, directly under the control of the French government in exile.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Free French Forces
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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...
Free French Naval Forces
Thanks go to our French consultant, John Hartley, for the translation. We be...
Other Subjects
C. F. Pritchard
Clive Fleetwood Pritchard was born in 1864 in Canonbury, the eldest of the eight children of Andrew Goring Pritchard (1834-1928) and Marianne Pritchard née Titford (1839-1920). His birth was regist...
1 memorial
No. 11 Fighter Group RAF Operations Room
It was from this underground bunker that the air defence of London and the south-east was coordinated during the Battle of Britain and throughout WW2. It's now a museum and well worth a visit. 2...
1 memorial
Henry Lygon
Fourth son of 6th Earl Beauchamp. 1907-19 Conservative member of LCC for Finsbury. Chairman of Fire Brigade Committee of LCC 1909-11. Badly injured in a balloon accident while serving in WW1 but co...
1 memorial
Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor, MVO.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. A Wrexham paper has an article about Taylor: "Taylor was the first of 13 capped Wales players to lose their lives in the con...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bdsm. Laurence Keith Smith
Born in Ealing. Died aged 19 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
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Valeria Oliveira
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
1 memorial
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxford, into an aristocratic family. His father was the son of the Duke of Marlborough, and his mother was born in Broo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
30 memorials
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
284 memorials
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