Memorial

Merseyside Volunteers - International Brigades

Merseyside volunteers

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Jack Jones House, 2, Churchill Way, Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 8EG, England

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SJ 35048 90852

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2555
Description: Black tablet mounted within a wooden frame (frame removed in 2010). Inscription in gold lettering. International brigade association badge at the top centre of the tablet. In 2006 a rectangular brass plaque, with black lettering, set on wooden board, was added below the tablet. It was removed in 2010.
Inscription: TO THE MERSEYSIDE MEN OF / THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES / WHO FELL IN THE STRUGGLE / FOR DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN / (NAMES) / THE RIFLES YOU WILL NEVER HOLD AGAIN / IN OTHER HANDS STILL SPEAK AGAINST THE NIGHT. / BROTHERS HAVE FILLED YOUR PLACES IN THE RANKS / WHO WILL REMEMBER HOW YOU DIED FOR RIGHT. / THE DAY YOU TOOK THOSE RIFLES UP, DEFIED / THE POWER OF AGES, AND VICTORIOUS DIED. / COMRADES, SLEEP NOW, FOR ALL YOU LOVED SHALL BE. / YOU DID NOT SEEK FOR DEATH-BUT FINDING IT- / AND SUCH A DEATH-BETTER THAN SHAMEFUL LIFE, / REST NOW CONTENT, A FLAME OF HOPE IS LIT. / THE FLAG OF FREEDOM FLOATS AGAIN UNFURLED / AND ALL YOU LOVED LIVES RICHLIER IN THE WORLD / LON ELLIOT. / THIS PLAQUE WAS DONATED / BY MERSEYSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL / AND UNVEILED ON 16TH NOVEMBER 1985 / BY COUNTY COUNCILLOR EDITH LAWRENCESON AND / J.L. JONES, INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE ASSOCIATION Brass plaque (removed in 2010): JACK JONES INTERNATIONAL BRIGADER/ AND FORMER GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE/ TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION,/ RE-DEDICATED THIS PLAQUE/ ON 16TH NOVEMBER 2006/ IN THE 70TH YEAR OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE/ SPANISH CIVIL WAR AND ON THE/ 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE/ ORIGINAL DEDICATION OF THE PLAQUE

War: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Number Commemorated: 27
Died: 27
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, date of death, place of death
Order of names: surname

Sponsored By: The plaque was donated by Merseyside County Council.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

16 November 1985

J L Jones, Councillor Edith Lawrenceson

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16 November 2006

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