Month: December 2008

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Brake Ted

December 13, 2008 admin 0

Born Edward Ernest Brake on May 15th 913, near Malvern, he left school at 14 to become an apprentice at a local garage. He joined the National Union of Coppersmiths, Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers […]

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Brown Ernest

December 13, 2008 admin 0

Ernest Brown  Born Ernest Henry Brown in Bingley in 1892, he was an early organiser against the First World War and was imprisoned in 1915. He was national secretary for conscientious objectors from 1916-8 and […]

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Bubnova Leda

December 13, 2008 admin 0

Leda Bubnova Leda Bubnova was born near St Petersburg about 1913, the youngest of a large family. Many of her siblings took part in the revolutionary movement. She studied medicine in Leningrad, the first member […]