Monks, Joseph (Oral history)

description

Object description

Irish volunteer served with No.1 Coy, 12th Bn, 14th International Bde and 20th International Bn, 86th Bde in Spain 12/1936-7/1937

Content description

R1 Regions of fighting in Spain; volunteering for IB and leaving job in London, 12/1936; call for volunteers from King St, London and for volunteers internationally to defend Madrid; organisation of volunteers in Paris.

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Interwar (content)
Creator: British Video History Trust (Production company)
Haggith, Toby (recorder)
Monks, Joseph (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1987-06-02
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items 3, 90
Catalogue number: 14273

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