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On 28 and 29 October, the Asociación de Amigos de las Brigadas Internacionales (AABI) commemorated the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the first groups of International Brigades to the Spanish capital, with events and gatherings in places significant to the battles against Franco’s fascists.

Supporters of the International Brigades gathered at Newhaven Fort at noon on Saturday 29 October to honour the memory of Stan Hilton, the last surviving member of the British Battalion of the XV International Brigade, who died on 21 October, aged 98 in a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia.

Stan Hilton, the last surviving Briton who fought in the legendary International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, died today [Friday 21 October 2016] in Australia, aged 98.

The IBMT is inviting members to take part in an international weekend of events in and around Madrid, which is being organised by AABI, the Spanish friendship International Brigades memorial association, on 17-19 February 2017.