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Shepperson Harry
Harry Shepperson Born in 1873 and named formally as Henry, his father was a machine fitter at the Raleigh cycle works in Nottingham. The family seems to have moved to Birmingham to work at […]
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Siret Charlie
Charlie Siret Charlie Siret worked for many years as a crane driver at the Pressed Steel factory in Oxford. A stalwart of the TGWU 5/60 branch, Siret was night shift steward and lived in […]
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Simpson Derek
Derek Simpson Simpson was born in Sheffield on the 23rd December 1944. An only child with an absent father, he attended Sheffield Central Technical School. He joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) on becoming an […]
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Scanlon Hugh
Hugh Scanlon Hugh Parr Scanlon was born on 26th October 1913 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents who had emigrated from Britain. His mother brought him to Britain at the age of two after she […]
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Sheppard David
David Sheppard Dave Sheppard was secretary of the Leicester Communist Party during the 1960s, having been active in the city since the 1930s, during the course of which he stood as candidate for De […]
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Silverthorne Shon
Shon (R J) Silverthorne The younger brother of Thora Silverthorne (see separate entry), Reginald J Silverthorne was born in 1913 in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. Their father, George Richard Silverthorne, was a coal miner, their mother, Sarah […]
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Smith Bill
Bill Smith Bill Smith was a Communist Party member who was active in Leicester in the 1930s and 40s. He was expelled from the Trades Council in the 1930s for his party membership, presumably […]
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Sykes Fred
Fred Sykes Fred Sykes was a Communist activist who lived in Dryden Street, Leicester. He was active in the local unemployed and anti-fascist movement in Leicester from around 1932. In August 1936, he […]
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Sahnow Will
Will Sahnow Born in 1898, Will Sahnow’s first love was the orchestra, his instruments the cello and the French horn. His first musical position was as an amateur conductor of an Orchestra in North London, organised by the […]