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Smith John Maynard
John Maynard Smith Smith was born in 1920 to a well-off family; on leaving school, joined the Communist Party when he began an engineering degree at Trinity College Cambridge. He was an aeronautical engineer […]
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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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Smith Harold
Harold Smith Harold Smith was a leader of the seamen’s strike of 1925, a member of the Amalgamated Marine Workers’ Union (not TUC affiliated), who afterwards found himself blacklisted in most ports. Through family connections […]
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Smith Albert
Albert Smith A Sheffield Young Communist League organiser, Smith travelled from Sheffield to Mansfield in May 1926, specifically to agitate on behalf of the Nottinghamshire miners during the General Strike. He was arrested while […]
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Smith Cyril
Cyril Smith Smith had moved to Hayes, in West Middlesex, in 1957, and worked as a wood machinist for London Transport. He joined the Communist Party in 1960, standing as a Communist candidate for the […]
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Smith Harry
Harry Smith A Yorkshireman, Harry Smith trained as a draughtsman and joined the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen in 1939. He was sacked for his union activities by a number of employers in Yorkshireand […]
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Smith Jock
Jock Smith Jock Smith worked for the Clydebank local education authority and was active in the Transport and General Workers Union throughout his working life. He worked for the Communist Party full-time for a […]
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Smith Peter
Peter Smith Peter Leonard Niall Smith was born in Brighton, Sussex on 10th May 1914 and was educated at Canford school and then at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He left university with a MA honours degree […]
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Smith Reggie
Reggie Smith Reginald Donald Smith, always `Reggie’, was a BBC producer of such talent that he is frequently refered to as “legendary”. He was also married to the novelist, Olivia Manning. He was a card-carrying […]