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The IBMT's 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on Saturday 10 October as part of a weekend of commemorative and social activities from 9-11 October.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Friday 9 October
7pm-8.30pm: A welcome reception is being organised. Details to follow.

NB: IBMT members may be interested to know...


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A memorial commemorating the 250 British Jews who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War has been unveiled this month at the Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in East London.

The stone was installed by the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (Ajex) and the UK branch of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation.

Martin Sugarman of...


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The latest addition to the IBMT’s online Education pages is a timeline of the Spanish Civil War. It lists the key dates, battles and events of the war, with special emphasis on the British and Irish volunteers and the International Brigades.

Compiled by IBMT Chair Jim Jump, the new resource for pupils, students and teachers is based on the timeline written for the <...


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Pauline Fraser writes…

Over the weekend of 24-26 July a number of remembrance events were held in the towns that border the course of the River Ebro, marking the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

Early in the morning of 26 July, son Kevin Rafferty – grandson of International Brigader Harry Fraser – and myself attended the ...


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This year’s 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street will see the IBMT highlighting the links between the protesters in East London on 4 October 1936 and the International Brigades, who continued the fight against fascism in Spain.

There are also plans for Tower Hamlet Borough Council to unveil a memorial plaque to the 22 volunteers from the area who died in S...


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