Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Esmond Marcus David Romilly (10 June 1918 – 30 November 1941) was a British socialist, anti-fascist, and journalist, who was in turn a schoolboy rebel, a veteran with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and, following the outbreak of the Second World War, an observer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Esmond Romilly, the 17 year old nephew of Winston Churchill and author of a 'vivid and outstanding' account of his time with the Thaelmann Battalion. During November 1936, the British group in the Thaelmann Battalion was involved in a number of small skirmishes to the south of Madrid, as the rebels continued their advance on the Spanish capital ...
25. Juni 2013 · Esmond Romilly, so hieß der Knabe, machte die Oberschicht und ihre Schulen madig und trat für den Sozialismus ein. Genau das Richtige für Jessica, die den Versuch machte, ihm nach Spanien zu ...
25. Sept. 2014 · Eloping with her fellow communist cousin, Esmond Romilly, she ran off to fight the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Shunning her aristocratic upbringing, she moved to the US, where she...
The British aristocracy has produced a number of unexpected radicals over the years, but few so deeply committed to the cause as Esmond Romilly. Descended from the Scottish Earls of Airlie, he was husband to one of the aristocratic Mitford sisters and the nephew of Clementine Churchill, wife of the future PM.
Jessica Mitford and Esmond Romilly – crusaders, chancers, spongers. A review of Churchill’s Rebels: Esmond Romilly and Jessica Mitford, by Meredith Whitford. Esmond’s bravery and...
Esmond Marcus David Romilly (10 June 1918 – 30 November 1941) was a British socialist, anti-fascist, and journalist, who was in turn a schoolboy rebel, a veteran with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and, following the outbreak of the Second World War, an observer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
