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Sheffield

Statue created by artist Anthony Padgett depicting a young Picasso holding a dove of peace. The statue is a tribute to peace, to Picasso (who attended the 2nd World Peace Congress in Sheffield in 1950), to the International Brigade volunteers from South Yorkshire, to the Basque children who were given sanctuary by the people of Sheffield, and to all Sheffield’s workers and citizens. Unveiled in Weston Park (Sheffield S10 2TP) on 12 April 2025 by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield Jayne Dunn.
Region: northeast

South Bank

National memorial and sculpture by Ian Walters in Jubilee Gardens, SE1, to the 526 killed in Spanish Civil War who went to Spain from Britain and Ireland. Erected by Greater London Council and International Brigade Association and unveiled by Michael Foot MP, 5 October 1985. Moved to new site in the park in April 2012. Plaque in front of memorial unveiled by David Lomon, 7 July 2012.
Region: london

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

Southwark

Plaque naming local volunteers in John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High Street, SE1 1JA. Unveiled there on 25 October 2016. Originally unveiled in Mayor’s Parlour, Town Hall, Peckham Road, SE5, on 1 November 1986. Erected by Southwark Borough Council.
Region: london

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

St Helens

Memorial in Hall, Town Hall, Corporation Street to Bill Feeley. Erected by St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, 1 November 1987.
Region: northwest

Stalybridge

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

Stockton

Memorial and plaque dedicated to the eight International Brigaders from Stockton-on-Tees: George Bright, William Carson, Wilfred Cowan, Otto Estensen, Myles Harding, Johnny Longstaff, Patrick Maroney and Bert Overton. Features a reproduction of Picasso's 'Guernica' with volunteers' names around it. Installed after a fundraising campaign led by John Christie and Stockton supporters and unveiled on 16 September 2022. 1 Wasp Nest Yard, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1TA.
Region: northeast

Stoke-on-Trent

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’.
Region: midlands

Stoke-on-Trent

Memorial plaque in Town Hall, Glebe Street, to three volunteers killed in Spain. Erected by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, 7 September 1989.
Region: midlands

Swansea

Plaque to the 11 volunteers from Swansea, in Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road. Unveiled 14 December 2011.
Region: wales

Swansea

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.
Region: wales

Swindon

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

Swindon

Spanish chestnut tree in Coate Water Park to Percy Williams, killed at Caspe in 1938. Erected by Thamesdown Borough Council, 1 November 1986. Photo by Anthony Hart.
Region: southwest

Tolpuddle

Memorial plaque in Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, DT2 7EH, to nine volunteers from Bristol. Formerly in MSF union offices, 1 Tenbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym. Erected 1 July 1986.
Region: southwest

Tonypandy

Plaque and information panels commemorating Harry Dobson, a miner and political activist who died at the Battle of the Ebro on 3 August 1938, in Tonypandy Library, 21 De Winton Street, Tonypandy CF40 2RA. Unveiled on 16 November 2023. It replaces a plaque that was raised shortly after his death, but has since been lost.
Region: wales

Tower Hamlets

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

Waterford

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.
Region: ireland

Waterford

Glass plaques in Unite Hall, Keyser Street, to volunteers from Waterford. Erected by Waterford Council of Trades Unions and unveiled by Peter O'Connor and Michael O'Riordan, 1 May 1994.
Region: ireland

Whithorn

Plaque to Jack Brent (George Dickie). Erected 25 February 2006.
Region: scotland
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