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Hailey, Charles
Charles Hailey Born in 1918, near Richmond in London, in 1939, just shy of his 21st birthday, he was called up for war with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was quickly promoted to Lance Corporal and […]
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Hastings Jack
Jack Hastings Francis John Clarence Westenra Plantagenet ‘Jack’ Hastings, the 16th Earl of Huntingdon, was born on 30 January 1901 to his father, the 15th Earl, and mother, Maud Margaret Wilson. The family traced its […]
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Hookham (Kutty) Hilda
Hilda (Kutty) Hookham Born Hilda Henriette Kuttner on 22 May 1915 in Hampstead to a mother with the last name of Allen, she married Maurice Hookham early in 1935 in Wandsworth. The Hookhams visited the […]
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Hollamby Ted
Ted Hollamby Born Edward Hollamby in 1921 in Hammersmith, where his father was a police constable, Ted studied architecture at the Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts in the 1930s. Influenced by one of his favourite […]
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Hornsby Stan
Stan Hornsby George Stanley Hornsby was born on 4 February 1900 in Derby to George W, a confectionary commercial traveller, and Ada Hornsby. Young George seems to have adopted the name Stan in […]
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Hardy George
A brief biography of George Hardy by Graham Stevenson additions and corrections welcomed: info@grahamstevenson.me.uk Born in 1885, Hardy joined the Communist Party in 1921 and was a member of the central committee during the […]
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Hopkins Harold
Harold Hopkins Born on 6th December 1918, the son of a bakery worker in Leicester, Harold Horace Hopkins became a renowned British physicist. He obtained one of only two scholarships to attend the Gateway […]
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Hostettler John
John Hostettler Born in 1925, John (A?) Hosteller joined the Communist Party in 1942 and was a member of the national committee member of the Young Communist League (YCL) in the late 1940s. Refering to […]
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Hyndman Jimmy
Jim Hyndman James Hyndman was born on the 4th September 1911 at 175 Queen St, Govan, Glasgow. His parents, Robert Hyndman from Ardstraw and Matilda Boggs from Legfordrum, were married in Newtownstewart and moved […]