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Bowman Dave

Dave Bowman Born on March 6th 1913,  railway family, Dave Bowman first worked in a biscuit factory and the Co-op bakery.  He became an engineer cleaner at Tay Bridge depot in 1930, only to lose his […]

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Bourne Harry

Of Jewish extraction, Harry Bourne served in the International Brigade in Spain and was born in May 1913. He is probably the International Brigader, whose real name was documented as Harold Ceiternbaum. The home address […]

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Blaston Morrie

Morrie Blaston Maurice, or Morrie to all and sundry, Blaston was a life-long Communist and a leader of the tailor and garment workers, awarded the TUC Gold Badge for services top trades unionism. He was an […]

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Bradley Gerry

Gerry Bradley (né Gerald Cecil Barathy)  According to the Barathy family, Gerry was born on the 25th April, 1896 at 40 Alridge Villa, Paddington (or, technically, Bayswater in the parish of Fulham).  Bradley was to […]

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Bornat Charles

Charles Bornat Born in born in 1909, Charles Bornat was a professional architect who worked in Plymouth from 1946-50 on the reconstruction of the city, which had been devastated by war-time bombing.    In a […]

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Bond Dickie

Dickie Bond Cecil, Cyril, Dick, or more commonly Dickie Bond, was a leading member of the Communist Party in Uxbridge, the Electricians Union and, later, the Pensioners’ Federation. Born in Cowley, Uxbridge on Good Friday, […]

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Brown Ernest

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

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 […]

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Burns Emile

Emile Burns Bernard Emile Vivian Burns was born on 16 April 1889 in St Kitts in the then British West Indies, the sixth child and the fifth son of James Burns, the Harbour Master and […]