INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE MEMORIAL TRUST Patrons Ken Livingstone www.international-brigades.org.uk Prof. Paul Preston Charity no.1094928 Issue seven / February 2004 INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE MEMORIAL TRUST 37 Reginald Road, London E7 9HS Tel/Fax: 020-8555 6674 Email:
[email protected] President: Jack Jones Secretary: Marlene Sidaway Treasurer: Peter Crome Committee Members: Sam Lesser, David Marshall, Richard Baxell, Tish Collins, Pauline Fraser, Katie Green Co-opted Members: Gerry Abrahams, Jim Jump, David Leach, Dolores Long, Manus O’Riordan It’s amazing to realise that this is our 7th Newsletter, and Pauline tells me our membership has grown to over 500 since we first decided to form the Trust in 2000. During that time, Jack has been a wonderful figurehead as our first President. His charm and Scottish veterans (from left) James Maley, Steve Fullarton and John Dunlop. “You can go diplomacy have won us many friends and supporters, proudly. You are history. You are legend. You are the heroic example of democracy’s solidarity and the committee felt that we should acknowledge and universality…” the great debt we owe him by awarding him the title of Honorary Life President. If this is agreed, we can ratify it at the Annual General Meeting, which we hope to Memorable day in Glasgow hold in Cardiff this year. I am writing to all our members in Wales in the hope that some of them will On a clear, crisp after- islands. The last three surviving Scotsmen, be willing to help in organising this, and Pauline has noon in October John Dunlop, Steve Fullarton and James volunteered to co-ordinate it – the provisional date is around 600 people Maley were joined by the last two Irishmen, 16 October.