Posts Tagged ‘International Brigades’

  1. Unbelievable?

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    June 6, 2013 by Lydia Syson

    ‘Isn’t that rather implausible?’ I’ll take a bet that if you write vampire novels or fantasy or dystopia for young people, …
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  2. Lou Kenton, 1908-2012

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    September 18, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    The oldest surviving British volunteer for the International Brigades has died aged 104.  Both ordinary and extraordinary, Lou Kenton was …
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  3. Len Crome – Autobiographical Notes

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    August 2, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    Len Crome (1909-2001) was chief of the medical service of the 15th Army Corps of the Republican army during the …
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