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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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 New list of Battle of the Ebro dead

A list with the 872 names of International Brigaders who died during the 1938 Battle of the Ebro has been compiled and published by the Memorial Democràtic agency of the Catalan government (Generalitat de Catalunya). In English and Catalan, the new list identifies 95 volunteers from the UK and 15 from the Republic of Ireland […]

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'Swift Blaze of Fire' – a new book about Brigader Robert Hilliard

IBMT member Lin Rose Clark on her new book about her Brigader grandfather… Robert (now often known as Bob) Hilliard’s life seemed full of mystifying swerves and paradoxes. His nephew Stephen Hilliard, writing about him in 1984, raised a string of questions about the interaction between his staunchly socialist politics and his time as a […]

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Salute to the heroes of Jarama 

Eighty-eight years on, young and old pay homage to the sacrifices of British Brigaders, writes Robert Hargreaves… Uniforms neatly pressed, boots polished, and standing perfectly to attention, Tom Wintringham, commanding officer of the British Battalion at the Battle of Jarama, a stickler for discipline, would have been proud of them.  The Lost Sons of Albion, […]

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Remembering John Cornford, Ralph Fox and the Battle of Lopera

Poet John Cornford and writer Ralph Fox were among 13 British and Irish International Brigaders remembered at an international symposium in Lopera, the town near Córdoba where they were killed during fighting 88 years ago. Seven of the 13 killed were Irish, reflecting the high proportion of volunteers from Ireland in the 145-strong English-speaking No.1 […]

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Italian groups and IBMT discuss fascism past and present

Robbie MacDonald writes… Italian volunteers in the International Brigade and resistance to fascism in the past, present and future were highlighted at an event in Greater Manchester. Members of the IBMT-affiliated North West International Brigade Memorial Group were among speakers at the event called Resistance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow held at Salford's Working Class Movement […]

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Annual talk focuses on Irish nurse Ruth Ormsby

Lynda Walker of the International Brigade Commemoration Committee (IBCC) writes… On Friday 9 August the IBCC held its annual event as part of the Féile an Phobail (People’s Festival) in the Shankill Road Library. This year the topic was about the medics who provided vital support for those who were injured and dying in the […]

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From our annual commemoration in London

The IBMT's commemoration at the International Brigade memorial in Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank on Saturday 6 July saw speeches by PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote and historian Richard Baxell. As is customary and led by IBMT President Marlene Sidaway, wreaths were laid and there was a minute's silence in honour of the more […]

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Remembering Ruth Ormsby

There will be a talk in Belfast on 9 August on Sligo-born nurse Ruth Ormsby and on medical aid from Ireland and elsewhere in the Spanish Civil War. The speaker will be Johnny Gogan and the event will be chaired by Unison Regional Secretary Patricia McKeown. It is being organised by the IBMT-affiliated International Brigade […]

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Catalonia publishes details of 92 British and Irish dead

A major survey of where International Brigaders died in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War has established the names of 522 volunteers, including 86 from Britain and six from Ireland. The findings were published in May by Memòria Democràtica, the Catalan government’s historical memory agency, as part of its Alvah Bessie Programme, named after a […]

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Appeal for support to repair our national memorial

The IBMT’s national memorial and sculpture by Ian Walters is in Jubilee Gardens, near Waterloo Station in London SE1, and it needs your help! We were alerted by the Jubilee Gardens staff in December last year to damage to the grouting on the base of the memorial – it’s probably wear and tear but we […]

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Scottish TUC applauds work of IBMT

Delegates at the Scottish TUC conference in Dundee on 15-17 April voted unanimously to support a motion praising the work of the IBMT. The motion also calls on the Scottish government to promote ‘the story of International Brigades in the curriculum of our schools, colleges and universities’. This is the full text of the motion: […]

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Mystery of the Neath plaque

Can anyone help with information about the plaque in Neath Old Town Council Offices (Orchard Street, Neath, West Glamorgan SA11 1RT), which is dedicated to three local volunteers who died in Spain? Until recently the memorial (pictured above) wasn’t on the IBMT’s online directory of nearly 200 memorials around the country. Gregory Page, a researcher […]

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New list of Battle of the Ebro dead

'Swift Blaze of Fire' – a new book about Brigader Robert Hilliard

Salute to the heroes of Jarama 

Remembering John Cornford, Ralph Fox and the Battle of Lopera

Italian groups and IBMT discuss fascism past and present

Annual talk focuses on Irish nurse Ruth Ormsby

From our annual commemoration in London

Remembering Ruth Ormsby

Catalonia publishes details of 92 British and Irish dead

Appeal for support to repair our national memorial

Scottish TUC applauds work of IBMT

Mystery of the Neath plaque

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