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Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1950s

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At the opening of the decade after the war, the symbol of the Commonwealth was a column four abreast with its head at the Cenotaph and its tail in Princes Street, Edinburgh. This was the tally of the dead of the UK, Empire and Commonwealth armed forces since 1914. Twice what was called British outside Britain had joined in the war declared by the country called Britain.

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  1. Sir William Nicoll
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  1. New Dictionary of National Biography, University of Oxford, UK

    Alex May (Research Editor) (Research Editor)

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Nicoll, W. (2001). Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1950s. In: May, A. (eds) Britain, the Commonwealth and Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523906_3

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