WALES & SPANISH CIVIL WAR: THE THREE JONES - David 'Potato' Jones of Swansea, Tom Jones of Rhosllanerchrurog & Jack Jones of Blaenclydach.

Thanks to the Comrade who reminded me of the the Three Spanish Civil War 'Brigaders' named Jones, see information below. I am mindful that Dennis Coslett FWA Commandant first told me of 'Potato Jones' who if I remember correctly was related to Denis's Wife Averil. I will also point out that Denis wrote a number of poems on Socialist/Workers interest, they are as follow; The Dole, Civil War, Homeless, Vagrants and The Blood of Riot', the latter being about the Llanelli Riots of 1911. These poems will be found in Dennis's two published poetry books: 'Rebel Heart' also 'Patriots and Scoundrels', both I believe are still available but I doubt if they will be distributed by the Welsh Books Council. I know there is a Spanish Civil War memorial in Cardiff but how many of the Welsh Volunteers have memorials in their own towns? As far as David 'Potato' Jones is concerned floral tributes may be placed in his memory at the Swansea Seamans Memorial in down in SA1:

City and County of Swansea - Press Releases

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Families and friends of Merchant Navy seamen lost at sea will be able to remember their loved ones at a permanent memorial along Swansea's sea front. ...
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See Below, did Leanne succeed with this Initiative?

if not why not try again with next year in mind.

Leanne Wood AM/AC: Spanish Civil War anniversary- Wales' contribution

31 Mar 2009 ... However, the Welsh and other international contingents' participation in theSpanish Civil War is an underlooked part of history, ...
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THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR:

1. The Spanish Civil War - Archives Hub

   A view of the history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, ... In 1938 Jones volunteered for the British Battalion of the International Brigade, .... on the Spanish Revolution edited byDavid Porter (2006) Records on Copac ... Welsh Blockade Runners in the Spanish Civil War by P. M. Heaton (1985) Records on Copac ...archiveshub.ac.uk/features/spanishcivilwar.shtml - Cached

2. Cwmardy & We Live by Lewis Jones from the library of wales ...

   
   
   ... in union politics, and to his decision to leave and fight in the Spanish Civil War. ... Black Parade by Jack Jones; click on the cover image for more ...
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   Welsh Miners and the Spanish Civil War

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   break of the Spanish Civil War. Homer's speech crystallized the ..... Jack. Jones, Will Paynter, and J. S. Williams were leaders of Hunger ...
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   1. Wales and the Spanish Civil War

      Several chapters are devoted to the volunteers who went from Wales to fight ... “It is probably true that the Welsh response to the Spanish Civil War was a ...
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   2. THE THREE 'BRIGADERS' NAMED JONES:

3. Foreign News: Welsh Basques - TIME

   Potato Jones put out to sea to run the blockade unprotected, to find himself hailed as a hero by British sentimentalists (TIME, April 26). ...www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931579,00.html - Similar

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   30 Jun 2008 ... Potato Jones, born in 1871, always dreamed of being a sailor and would cycle to Mumbles Head to watch sailing ships from all over the world ...
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7. BBC - WW2 People's War - Dick Turner's Wartime memories - Part 1 ...

   One of the merchant Captains, known to the men in Hood as "Potato Jones", ... Sure enough there was an incident as "Potato Jones" approached the port of ...
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   1. Tom Jones of Rhosllannerchrugog during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

      Tom Jones of Rhosllannerchrugog during the Spanish Civil War, 1937 Tom Jones (1908-90) was born in Lancashire but was raised in the coal-mining village of ...
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   2. Twm Sbaen - Memorial to Tom Jones, a Spanish Civil War hero ...

      
      
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      1936 saw hundreds of men leave Wales to fight in the Spanish Civil War - the battle between fascism and democracy that was a rehearsal ...
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      GENUKI: The Fed

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      30 May 2004 ... Blaenclydach, Charmborough, Cynon, Erskine, Llanerch, Llanmarch, North Rhondda ..... Jones, Rev, D, M,, 67; Jones, Griff, 260, 301; Jones, Jack .... (see also InternationalBrigades, Spanish Civil War andWorld War Two), ...
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