Other bases other places
The purpose of this page is to highlight the existence of other Free French establishments
around the UK not neccessarily Naval.
FNFL
https://forummarine.forumactif.com/t10415p75-la-flotte-des-forces-navales-francaises-libres
https://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=965
https://reglittle.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/c/
https://dartmouth-history.org.uk/dhrg-books/the-free-french-at-kingswear/
https://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=763
A web based copy of this book can be downloaded
MTB 23 Flotilla at Kingswear Dartmouth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_French_squadrons_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/the-french-squadrons-homecoming-1945/
The Free French Bomber squadron based at Elvington near York
Sqns 346 & 347 memorial plaque York Minster Cathedral
Keiffer Commando memorial plaque Criccieth Gwynedd Wales
Free French Billeted in Hampshire
Free French Base in Camberley Surrey
https://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/news/2023/celebrating-and-remembering-free-french-forces-camp-old-dean-camberley-0
Free French Convalescent facilities Buckinghamshire
https://www.beaconsfieldhistory.org.uk/content/beaconsfield-history/articles/the-free-french
Convalescent facilities for Free French servicemen in Beaconsfield
These are now private residences but during the war were at:
Highfields 15 Grove Road,
Butlers Court Queen Elizabeth Crescent
Westmorland House 55 Burkes Road
Ash, situated on the corner of Grove Road
and Burkes Crescent
The Memorial below in:
Shepherds Lane Catholic Cemetery
The Free French Memorial Cross Lyle Hill Greenock, commemorating the Free French forces based on the river Clyde, Gurock is the town on the opposite side of the bay.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Free_French_Memorial_Greenock.jpg
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