TitleSpanish Civil War: Tom Mann Centuria
ReferenceIMG/EVT/SPAIN/070
Date
Sep 1936
Production date 1936-09 - 1936-09
Scope and ContentPhotograph taken in Barcelona at the Carlos Marx Barracks, showing a group of 6 men and one woman. Two of the men are holding the Tom Mann Centuria banner. From the left they are Sid Avner (killed at Boadilla Dec.1936), Nat Cohen, Ramona Siles Garcia, Tom Wintringham, Georgio Tioli, Jack Barry (killed in Madrid Dec. 1936), and David Marshall. This image was first published on the front page of the Daily Worker on 19 Sep 1936 and was taken a few days earlier.
Extent4 photographs
Physical descriptionDimensions (Height x Width) 19.8cm x 15cm
Archival historyGeorgio Tioli was an Italian who was living in London, Fred Barry was an Australian. this is one of the earliest images of British volunteers in Spain. further information on Ramona Cohen can be found at no 32 above. In 2013 Alan Warren located the exact spot where this was taken and recreated the photograph with National Clarion 1895 Cycle Club, and their replica of this banner.
Persons keywordAvner, Sid, Cohen, Nat, Siles Garcia, Ramona, Wintringham, Tom, Tioli, Georgio, Barry, Jack, Marshall, David, International Brigade (British Battalion)
SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ Spain Photographs Box 1 (Room 24)