Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel
The annual ceremony, organised by the Defence Office of the French Embassy in London, marks the BBC appeal of General de Gaulle to France on 18th June 1940, a day that came to mark the beginning of French resistance to occupation. The ceremony takes place in Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA, in front of a statue of the General and outside 4 Carlton Gardens, the wartime HQ of the Free French Forces and the offices of the government-in-exile being created by de Gaulle. SECRET WW2 are one of the official wreath layers, commemorating the agents and teams of the BCRA; SIS; the SOE’s F, RF, DF, EU/P and AMF sections and Jedburgh teams who served in occupied France. No booking required.