Memorials

Relief carvings in wood to local volunteers, including two killed on 25 August 1938 in the Battle of the Ebro. Installed by Aberdare Labour Party and local trades council in the party’s premises in December 1967. Relocated to Aberdare Central Library and unveiled by Michael Foot MP June 1986.

Bob Cooney Court in Berryden, AB25 3SP, named after local International Brigader (1908-1984). An explanatory plaque (below) was added inside the court on 17 October 2015.

Mural of local Brigader John Londragan painted by Portuguese artist Vhils (Alexandre Farto) and unveiled as part of Aberdeen’s Nuart Festival. Painted on the wall of a car park next to Aberdeen’s Union Square. The mural is based on a photo taken in Albares, Spain, in 1937 with US Brigader Peter Frye and the daughters of a Spanish shopkeeper Juan Ataro.

Books in the XV Brigade Memorial Library, Aberdeen Unemployed Centre, 54 Frederick Street. Provided by volunteers and the Aberdeen Trades Council, 1989.

Blue plaque to James Keogh, killed on 22 March 1938 at Calaceite. The plaque is situated on a wall, in the atrium, between the Central Art Gallery and the Tameside Local Studies and Archive Centre, Oldham Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 6BH. Unveiled 25 November 2011.

Plaque saluting the courage of the International Brigaders and in recognition of the people of Barnsley who supported democracy in Spain. Unveiled by Mayor Margaret Morgan, 16 October 2006.

Bronze plaque in the entrance to the Shankill Road Library to the seven Shankill men who died in Spain: William Beattie, Bill Henry, James Isaac Hillen, William P Laughlin, Joseph Lowry, Henry (Harry) McGrath and Andrew Molyneaux. Unveiled on 1 February 2014. Initiative of the Belfast-based International Brigade Commemoration Committee, with support from local community organisations.

Plaque in the John Hewitt Bar and Restaurant, 51 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1. Unveiled by Bob Doyle, 16 September 2006.

Statue in Writers' Square. Erected by International Brigades Commemoration Committee and unveiled by Bob Doyle, 13 October 2007.

Mural to the Belfast men who fought against fascism in Spain on the International Wall, Northumberland Street, off Falls Road. Erected by Teach na Fáilte Irish Republican ex-prisoners' support group. Unveiled 20 April 2013.

Plaque in memory of Jim Stranney, killed in the Battle of the Ebro, July 1938, at 7 John Street, BT12 4AG. Unveiled 26 February 2011.

Memorial and portraits of William (Liam) Tumilson, killed at Jarama in March 1937, and Jim Stranney, killed in the Battle of the Ebro, July 1938, at the Republican Memorial Garden in Arun Court, Arun Street, in the Short Strand area. Erected in 2010.

Milltown Cemetery – Jim Stranney listed on family headstone – Buried in Spain.

A plaque dedicated to the men from Blackwood, Wales, who fought, and died, defending democracy in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Located in Blackwood, Wales.

Memorial to three local volunteers killed in Spain at Blantyre Miners’ Welfare Club. Erected by East Kilbride & South Lanarkshire Trades Union Council, 24 October 2009.

Plaque outside Bolton Socialist Club, 16 Wood Street, Bolton BL1 1DY, dedicated to the local International Brigade volunteers, in particular James Alwyn, who was killed at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937. Unveiled on 16 September 2017.

Memorial plaque in Castle Park, Bristol to 4 Bristol volunteers killed in Spain. Erected by Bristol City Council, 11 December 1986

Plaque in Memorial Hall. Erected 1996 and unveiled 27 February 1997 by Evan Jones.

Ronald Rolph Court CB5 8PX (on Wadloes Road, two miles east of city centre), named after local volunteer who served as a medical auxiliary in Spain.

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

Memorial stone and plaques in Alex­andra Gardens, Cathays Park, to Welsh volunteers killed in Spain. Erected by Mid & South Glamorgan County Councils & Cardiff City Council, 1 October 1992.

Plaque commemorating Madge Addy, Spanish Civil War nurse and Special Operations Executive agent in occupied France during the Second World War at 34 Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PH.  Unvieled on 12 May 2018. 

Original Battle of the Ebro plaque, naming 90 British Battalion dead, which was unveiled in 2005 on Hill 705 in the Sierra de Pándols but subsequently vandalised by Spanish neo-fascists, was unveiled by Emily Thornberry MP at the Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green EC1R 0DU on 30 October 2016.

Plaque in Unite union office, Clonmel (Co Tipperary). Unveiled by Peter O'Connor and Michael O'Riordan, 1996

Memorial in Coalisland (Co Tyrone) to Charlie Donnelly, killed at Jarama in February 1937. Erected 2003.

Memorial bench dedicated to George Fletcher and Edward McQuade and the men and women who fought in Spain.   The bench was unveiled on 5th May 2019 in Crewe Cemetry, Badger Avenue, Crewe, CW1 3JG.

Mural at Glenfada Park, Bogside, to the local anti-fascist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. Inaugurated in August 2013 by the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

Memorial at Dooega Achill Island (Co Mayo) to Thomas Patten, killed at Madrid, December 1936. Financed locally and from the US. Unveiled 28 October 1984.

Memorial headstone in Glasnevin Cemetery over grave of Frank Ryan. Erected following repatriation of his remains for reburial in June 1979.  Photo thanks to Manus O'riordan.

Unite offices, Middle Abbey Street.

Mural dedicated to Bob Doyle inside the Cobblestone Bar, North King Street, Stoneybatter. Unveiled 7 October 2012. The mural was originally on the outside of the building (as pictured) but, because of planning restrictions, has since been moved to inside the pub. On 6 July 2019 a plaque dedicated to Bob Doyle was also unveiled outside the Cobblestone Bar. 

Plaque to six International Brigade volunteers from Inichicore at Senan Court, 109 Emmet Road, Dublin 8. Erected by Inichcore Friends of the International Brigades. Unveiled 4 May 2013.

Spirit Store – plaque for 7 locals by Friends of the International Brigade Ireland.

Dungannon Council Offices have had a framed plaque of Charlie Donnelly in the Council Foyer. Painted by local artist, S Keenan, in 2004.

Memorial chalice in Church of Ireland for Rev Robert Hilliard, killed at Jarama in February 1937.

Memorial plaque to the volunteers from Blaenau Gwent at the Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones. Unveiled 24 April 2005.

Inscription on rock in East Princes Street Gardens (near the art galleries at The Mound) in memory of volunteers from the Lothians and Fife. Erected by Friends of the International Brigade Association.

Plaque in reception area of RMT union head office, Unity House, Chalton Street, NW1, to seafarers and railway workers who joined the International Brigades. Erected 8 June 2004 at Maritime House (RMT union offices), Old Town, SW4, before being installed at Unity House.

Memorial seat to David Marshall in the Rose Garden, West Ham Park, E7.

A memorial to the merchant seamen who ran the Franocist Blockade of Spain to take supplies to the Republic.  Created by sculptor Frank Casey and unveiled on 2 March 2019.  Situated on the Clyde Walkway, next to the Jamaica Street Bridge, Glasgow.

Plaque listing Glasgow volunteers killed in Spain in Scottish Trades Union Congress offices, 333 Woodlands Road.

Memorial bench in Victoria Park (overlooking boating lake, 50m west of Crown Gate West entrance), E2, for Sam Lesser. Unveiled 18 March 2012.

Memorial bench (beside clump of pines, NNW of Parliament Hill summit) for International Brigaders Danny, Tommy (died Brunete, July 1937) and Joe Gibbons. Unveiled by the Gibbons family, April 1980.

Memorial to the Hull volunteers at Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA.  Created by Dan Jones.  Unveiled on 16th March 2019 in the presence of the families of nine of the volunteers.  The monument includes the names of the known volunteers from Hull.  

Memorial olive grove to Kilkenny volunteers in Woodstock Gardens, Inistioge (Co Kilkenny). Unveiled 30 December 2007.

Memorial stone for John Smith in Knadgerhill Cemetery, Irvine, replacing a previous one on which the inscription had become illegible. Raised by Irvine & North Ayrshire Trades Union Council in November 2017.

Plaque on Morley's Bridge, Kilgarvan (Co Kerry), to Michael Lehane. Erected by the Killarney Republican Graves Association and unveiled by Michael O'Riordan, 7 May 1989.

Memorial plaque in Foyer, City Hall, George Street, to Leeds volunteers. Erected by Leeds City Council, 11 November 1989.

Memorial in Leicester Market, to the three local men who were killed in Spain. The memorial was unveiled on 30th March 2018 by IBMT President, Marlene Sidaway.

'Postcards from Lewisham' mural by Bruce Williams and Gary Phillips at Molesworth Street entrance to Lewisham Shopping Centre, SE13, part of which depicts local volunteers. Unveiled 28 February 1998.  Photos by Anthony Hart.

Memorial plaque in Unite union offices, Jack Jones House, 2 Churchill Way, L3, to Merseyside volunteers. Unveiled by Jack Edwards, 16 October 2011. Originally erected by Merseyside County Council in The People’s Centre, Hardman Street, 16 November 1985.

Meeting room named after Lilian Urmston in Public & Commercial Services (PCS) union regional office in Jack Jones House (see above). Opened 27 April 2011.

Mural celebrating the life of Jack Jones by Alan Murray and Nicola Taggart in York Street, Garston (where he was born). Unveiled on centenary of his birth: 29 March 2013. Erected by coalition of organisations, including Unite, Enterprise Liverpool, South Liverpool Housing and Liverpool Housing Trust.

Plaque outside Plaid Cymru offices, 11 John Street. Unveiled by Lance Rogers 1996.

Memorial on the grave of Jim Haughey [along with CWG headstone]. This War Commission Grave is in Dougher Cemetary, Lurgan.

Plaque to Frank Owen by bridge in Maerdy Community Woodland Project. Unveiled 2000 by Lance Rogers and rededicated August 2009.

Carved wood memorial in Town Hall, Albert Square, to Manchester volunteers. Erected by Manchester City Council and Manchester branch of printworkers’ union SOGAT, 12 February 1983.

Moston Cemetery. Moston Lane. Moston, Great Manchester. M40 9QL.  An inscription on the family memorial to Tommy Moore.  "also Thomas, their beloved son killed in action in Spain Jany 24th 1938, aged 22 years.'  Photos by Stuart Walsh.

Wooden memorial plaque, made in 1939, in Town Hall. Rededicated 9 October 2009.

Spanish Civil War memorial in Duchess of Hamilton Park, Motherwell.

Erercted by the No Pasaran Memorial Committee of North Lanarkshire and unveiled on 20 July 2013.

Photos by David McNay.

Memorial stone in Victoria Gardens. Erected 1996.

Information board in the grounds of the Civic Centre listing the names of the 35 International Brigaders from the North-East who were killed in Spain. Unveiled on 9 Novembere 2016. Sponsored by Newcastle City Council and the IBMT, GMB, RMT, Unite, North East Co-op and Jarrow Trades Union Council.

“Echoes of Spain” mosaic under Westway flyover, Portobello Road, W11, commemorating local volunteers and Spanish Republican refugees. Unveiled 18 October 2006 by Jack Jones and Ambassador Carlos Miranda.

Sculpted relief and three plaques in County Hall, West Bridgeford. Erected by Notting­hamshire County Council and unveiled by Jack Jones and Ambassador Alberto Aza, 24 September 1993.

Hillside memorial stone for 7 locals by Friends of the International Brigade, Ireland.

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.

Ceremonial red stole in St Luke’s Church, Farnborough Way, SE15. Provided by Brigader Douglas Eggar and St Luke’s Church.

Memorial for local volunteers at North Inch. Erected by Perthshire International Brigade Memorial Fund, 5 June 2010.

Plaque to Christopher Caudwell on Atlantic Inn. Erected 20 October 2007

Headstone in churchyard on grave of John Pascal Rickman (died in April 1937 from wounds sustained in Battle of the Jarama).

Plaque on the side of the town's main war memorial in Civic Square.

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.

Statue of a Spanish bull on Main Street in memory of Dunbartonshire International Brigade volunteers. Unveiled 27 August 2011.

Memorial seat and stone obelisk in Peace Garden, on corner of Wharncliffe Street and Doncaster Road to Tommy James. Erected by Rotherham Community College and Wortley Hall, April 1985 and February 1986.

The plaque on the bench reads:
Tommy James: born 1898 Rotherham Workhouse. Fighter for peace and freedom
1913-1918 Soldier in First World War
1920-1936 Unemployed and Hunger Marches, local leader in the General Strike
1936-1937 Fighter in the Spanish Civil War
1937-1939 Public Agitator College Square
1967-1971 President Rotherham Trades Union Council
Worker Writer Socialist, died 1971.

Memorial obelisk was rected in 1986 on the 50th anniversary of the election of the election of the Popular Front government. The plaque reads: ‘We tread but one path. This open space is dedicated to the memory of Tommy James, Man of Rotherham 1898 -1971’

Memorial in town hall. Unveiled 6 February 2008.

Plaque in Peace Gardens, next to town hall, naming 16 South Yorkshire volunteers, including six killed in Spain. Erected by Sheffield City Council, summer 1986.

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

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.

Plaque to Lilian Urmston at St Paul’s Primary School. Erected by Tameside Borough Council, 2008.

Memorial to local International Brigader Dave Goodman in cold-pour bronze by Mike Jones in the Potteries Museum in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (Bethseda Street, ST1 3DW), entitled ‘Symbol of the International Brigade Volunteers’.

Welsh national memorial plaque in Miners’ Library, Hendrefoilan House, Gower Road, to 33 volunteers from Wales killed in Spain. Erected by the South Wales Miners’ Federation, 14 January 1976 and unveiled by Will Paynter.

Memorial in Whitworth Road Cemetery, Swindon England to Percy Williams.

Plaque to local volunteers on front of the Old Town Hall, Cable Street, E1.

Monument to Waterford volunteers, erected by the Relatives and Friends of Waterford International Brigaders. Unveiled by Jack Jones and Michael O'Riordan, 9 July 2004.

Memorial to the 12 people from the Wigan area who fought against Fascism in Spain.  Unveiled on 14th April 2018.  Library Street, Wigan, WN11NN. 

Memorial plaque in St Peter's Church to Lewis Clive, killed in Battle of the Ebro, 2 August 1938.  Photo by Anthony Hart.