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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLast British hero of anti-fascist war dies aged 98
James Badcock, madrid
22 OCTOBER 2016 11:53PM
The last surviving Briton who fought with the International Brigades of volunteers against the fascists in Spains civil war has died, aged 98.
Stan Hilton, who jumped ship as a 19-year-old merchant seaman to join up, passed away on Friday, the International Brigade Memorial Trust reported.
The Spanish people needed help. It was the right thing to do, he would later explain of his decision to abandon his naval post in the 1936-39 civil war.
From the Mediterranean port of Alicante, Mr Hilton made his way to Albacete in La Mancha, where he enlisted with the British Battalion of the 15 International Brigade.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/22/last-british-hero-of-anti-fascist-war-dies-aged-98/
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Last British hero of anti-fascist war dies aged 98 (Original Post)
rug
Oct 2016
OP
Mendocino
(7,514 posts)1. Earlier this year the last US
participant, Delmer Berg died at age 100.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. What they did, or attempted, shouldn't be forgotten.
Mendocino
(7,514 posts)3. Google Delmer Berg
He has a interesting story. Labor organizer, in the NAACP, longtime communist party member, also served in WWII.
rug
(82,333 posts)4. A long life, well lived.