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- Alexander, Bill, 1910-2000
- Alexander, William, 1910-2000
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1910-06-13
Death Date
- 2000-07-11
Has Affiliation
- Organization: International Brigade Association
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Communist Party of Great Britain
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Great Britain. Army. Reconnaissance Corps
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Marx Memorial Library
Birth Place
- Ringwood (England)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: His British volunteers for liberty, 1982:t.p. (Bill Alexander) jkt. (vice-chairman, International Brigade Assoc.)
- found: Salvad España, salvad la paz, 2011:p. 391 (Bill Alexander; b. June 13, 1910 in Hampshire, England; of Int'l. Brigade Assoc.)
- found: Wikipedia, December 2, 2021(Bill Alexander (politician); Bill Alexander (13 June 1910, Ringwood, Hampshire, England--11 July 2000), born as William Alexander, was a leading activist within the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), most known for commanding the British Battalion of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War; during World War II he underwent a commissioning course at Sandhurst military academy, graduating top of his year; he then served in Germany, Italy and Northern Africa, during which he was promoted to the rank of captain in the Reconnaissance Corps; later in life he became an author, the vice-chairman of the International Brigade Association, and the president of London's Marx Memorial Library; Alexander spent the remainder of his life promoting Marxism-Leninism, and was a member of the CPGB until the party was dissolved in 1991)
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Change Notes
- 1983-11-22: new
- 2021-12-03: revised
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