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Tanner Jack
Jack Tanner Born in 1889 in Whitstable, Tanner’s father was the sports manager at Alexandra Palace, so the family moved to London where the young Jack grew up. At the age of 14, he was […]
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Eighteen Jack
Jack Eighteen Jack Eighteen joined the Communist Party in the tool room in 1939 of Radnall Aircraft in Tolworth and rose to become the President of Tolworth AEU and Shop Convenor. He and John Foster […]
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Firestein Jack
Jack Firestein Jack Firestein was born in Leslie Street, Whitechapel, in 1917, he left school when he was 14 to follow his father into the tailoring trade. His parents, who had come to England as […]
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Dunman Jack
Jack Dunman Left: Dunman – right – canvassing Abingdon farmworkers in 1950 John Clement Dix Dunman was born into a comfortable middle class family on 5th February 1911 at Poole, Dorset. His father was Percy […]
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Shapiro Jack & Marie
Jack & Marie Shapiro The Shapiros began their youthful political activity in the mainstream Communist movement but diverged into supporting other Marxist tendencies for much of the second half of their life. Born in […]
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Forshaw John (Jack)
John (Jack) Forshaw Jack Forshaw was a largely unsung martyr of the 1926 General Strike, a man whose authorship of the leaflet `A Great Betrayal’ led to his untimely death in a cell, due to […]
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Gadsby Jack
Jack Gadsby Born on February 8th 1905, in Aston Road, Birmingham, his family moved to near Blaenavon, South Wales, when he was four years old. Having left school at 13 years, Jack briefly moved in […]