Last British hero of anti-fascist war dies aged 98

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James Badcock, madrid
22 OCTOBER 2016 • 11:53PM

The last surviving Briton who fought with the International Brigades of volunteers against the fascists in Spain’s 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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1. Earlier this year the last US

participant, Delmer Berg died at age 100.

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2. What they did, or attempted, shouldn't be forgotten.

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3. Google Delmer Berg

He has a interesting story. Labor organizer, in the NAACP, longtime communist party member, also served in WWII.

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4. A long life, well lived.

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/spanish-civil-war-vet-still-struggling-at-9/