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Dewar Moya

Moya Dewar was a school headmistress from Basingstoke, Hampshire who joined the Communist Party in 1948 and was active certainly until the late 1960s. Maya had four children and was involved in various Communist Party […]

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Donnelly John

John Donnelly John Joseph Donnelly was one of the most prominent early Communists in Motherwell, Scotland, having joined the Party in April 1921. He was the proposer, agent and key adviser to J T Walton […]

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Davies Dai Coity

Dai Coity Davies spent his entire life in the mining industry of South Wales, firstly as an underground worker at Wern Tarw (Pencoed), then as a full time official of the Wales area of the […]

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Dixon Bob

Bob Dixon was born on 29th November 1931 in Spennymoor, Co. Durham, then a mining village. He was brought up by his grandmother, only to discover when he was a 14-year old grammar school boy […]

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Dunstan Robert (Dr)

Dr Robert Dunstan (1878-1961) Dunstan was a Communist who enjoyed wide support among Labour Party members in Birmingham in the 1920s, so strong that he gained national credibility. Even Poplar’s George Lansbury, who would later […]

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Diamond Dorothy

Dorothy Diamond was born on February 23rd 1909 in a village in Kent. Her father was a clerk and Dorothy attended the local grammar school. She spent four years at University of London and, from […]

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Davis Dave

Dave Davis  Born in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, Davis served in the Royal Navy on motor torpedo boats during the Second World War, when he joined the Communist Party. A qualified electrician, he worked in and around Cheltenham, before […]

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Davidson Madge

Madge Davidson Madge Davidson was an Irish Communist of great stature who achieved remarkable things in her short life of 41 years. In her teens, she took part in demonstrations against the American war in […]

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Docherty Mary

Mary  Doherty was born  on April 27 1908 in Cowdenbeath, where much of her political work was carried out. Her father was variously a miner and foundry worker. When unemployed as a result of his […]