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The records include assessments of the volunteers made by their political superiors in the latter part of the war in Spain. Many are highly derogatory, referring to desertion, drunkenness and indiscipline, but should be taken with a pinch of salt, sometimes a very large amount. They were written for internal use, primarily as an assessment of suitability for future membership of the Communist Party at home and were often made by a party representative who may have had a grudge against certain individuals or may simply have been wrong. Many volunteers with outstanding military records in Spain – including senior ranking officers – received extremely critical assessments.
 
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Brockenhurst

Memorial for Herbert Douglas Fisher (1910-1938) on the Fisher family gravestone in St Nicholas’ Church, Brockenhurst (Church Lane, Brockenhurst SO42 7UB). Date of inscription unknown. See www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/fisher
Region: southeast

Canterbury

Seat in grounds of Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury to Tony McLean. Erected by Tony McLean Memorial Fund, 1 October 1982
Region: southeast

Dartford

“No Pasarán!” mural on the side of 152 Chastilian Road, DA1 3LQ. Painted by owner Sean McNeill, autumn 2014. 
Region: southeast

Dover

Plaque dedicated to the volunteers from the Dover and Folkestone area on the front of Maritime House, the offices of the RMT union in Snargate Street, Dover CT17 9BZ. It names the three local men who died in Spain: Harry Addley, John Black and George Gorman. Raised by RMT and South East Kent Trade Union Council and unveiled on 13 December 2023.
Region: southeast

Luton

Portrait of local volunteer James “Joe” Gough, died at Boadilla del Monte in December 1936, painted by Frank Casey, in Warden Park Museum, Old Bedford Road, LU2 7HA. Unveiled 20 December 2012.
Region: southeast

Newhaven

Memorial bench at Newhaven Fort commemorating return of British Battalion to Newhaven in December 1938. Unveiled by Jack Jones, 7 December 2008
Region: southeast

Oxford

Memorial to 31 Oxfordshire volunteers, naming the six who died in Spain, at Junction of Headington Hill and Morrell Avenue, St Clement’s, Oxford. Erected by Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee and the IBMT. Unveiled on 10 June 2017.
Region: southeast

Portsmouth

Jimmy Moore’s grave (apart from John Cookson, the only casualty from the Ebro with a known grave) in Milton Cemetery
Region: southeast

Reading

Silverthorne Room in regional office of Unison (10 Church Street), in memory of Thora Silverthorne.
Region: southeast

Reading

Sculpture by Eric Stanford in Forbury Gardens, RG1 3HW, to three local volunteers killed in Spain. Unveiled at this location on 10 May 2015. Originally outside Civic Centre in Castle Street, where it was unveiled on 5 May 1990. Erected by Reading International Brigade Memorial Committee with the support of Reading Borough Council.
Region: southeast

Southampton

Plaque located in a flower bed, behind railings directly in front of the Cenotaph in the City Centre, in the park opposite the Civic Centre
Region: southeast

St Albans

Bronze statue of Scottish Ambulance Unit volunteer Thomas Watters, who settled in St Albans after the Spanish Civil War. Donated to Museum of St Albans, Hatfield Road, AL1 3RR, by sculptor Frank Casey and IBMT 15 November 2014.
Region: southeast
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