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Plaque

Entente Cordiale - centenary

Erection date: 2004

Inscription

1904 - 2004
To celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale the Franco-British Society has inscribed this stone on the 100th anniversary. 

Site: Entente Cordiale (2 memorials)

SW1, Knightsbridge, French Embassy

The 50th plaque is on the corner of the building.  The centenary plaque is in the porch, where there is also a splendid highly polished embossed copper plaque that displays the and reads: Ambassade de la République Française.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Subjects commemorated i

Entente Cordiale

Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been a...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Entente Cordiale - centenary

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Franco-British Society

From the picture source website: "Founded in 1924, although its roots go back...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Entente Cordiale - 50th

Entente Cordiale - 50th

1904 - 1954 To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Entente Cordiale the Fran...

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