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Foster Frank
Frank Foster Frank Foster (pictured left in 1946) was born in South London in July 1914, into an active socialist family, and joined the Labour Party in his youth. He joined the Communist Party in […]
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Foster Sid
Sid Foster Sid was a full-time worker for the Communist Party from the mid-1940s until he retired in 1977, starting as Merseyside Area Secretary. Later, he became the North West District Secretary and a member […]
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Francis Harry
Harry Francis (left with Paul Robeson in east Germany in 1963) Harry Francis began his musical training in 1915, with the piano. Becoming highly skilled in jazz during his youth, Harry recalled that when, in […]
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Franks Alec
Alec Franks Alec Franks was active in the Labour movement before the First World War. He later became Chairman of the North London Jewish Defence League and, along with his wife, Clara, was a long […]
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Freeman Bill
Bill Freeman was from a Communist family and a noted leader of print workers in the 1970s and 80s. His father, also Bill Freeman (1911-1986), was a veteran Communist and member of NATSOPA and SOGAT London […]
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French Ernie
Ernie French Born in 1924, Ernie French was a member of the Communist Party from 1945. He was an AEU activist for four decades. A supporter of the Morning Star in the internal conflict of […]
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French Jean
Jean French Jean French joined the Communist Party in 1952 and was a long-standing AEU activist in its Division 26. A shop steward, branch secretary and convenor in a South London switchgear factory, she was […]
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Friell Jimmy (`Gabriel’)
Jimmy (James) Friell – Gabriel of the Daily Worker Jimmy Friell was a celebrated but entirely self-taught political cartoonist. Born on March 13th 1912, he was brought up in poverty in Glasgow. At the age of […]
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Frow Eddie
Eddie Frow Eddie Frow was described in the celebrated book, “Love on the Dole”, by a little character sketch whereby a demonstrator against the Means Test is arrested and jailed for five months. But Frow […]