Ceylon, which, as a Crown colony, was originally promised " fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations ", was formally granted independence as a Dominion in 1948.
22.
Upon his return, Mansergh gave a lecture on " The Implications of �ire's Relations with the British Commonwealth of Nations ", which helped influence Commonwealth relations during the late 1940s.
23.
There are hardly any special ties between modern Germany and its former colonies; for example, there is no postcolonial league comparable to the British Commonwealth of Nations or French Francophonie.
24.
They became charter members of the British Commonwealth of Nations ( known as the Commonwealth of Nations since 1949 ), an informal but close-knit association that succeeded the British Empire.
25.
On the reverse side of the monument, facing away from the traffic, is a relief carved into the marble representing the epilogue of the war and depicting the British Commonwealth of Nations.
26.
The change reflected both the increasing racial and cultural diversity of England and the remarkable growth of the British Commonwealth of Nations during Elizabeth's reign _ something she considers one of her proudest achievements.
27.
At the time of its opening in 1956, until the opening of Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area in Australia in 1965, Camp Gagetown was the largest military training facility in the British Commonwealth of Nations.
28.
A plaque reads, in part, " Stones such as these from the bridge were presented to Australia and other parts of the British world to further historic links in the British Commonwealth of Nations ."
29.
In 1926, George hosted an Imperial Conference in London at which the Statute of Westminster formalised George's position as " the symbol of the free association of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations ".
30.
It's also a long-standing tradition in the British Commonwealth of Nations countries and former British colonies such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
