Person    | Male  Born 11/11/1890  Died 1/5/1955

Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE

Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE

General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.

Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.

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Arthur Deakin

Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...

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Unveiled by Bermondsey Mayor Geoghegan, Chairman of the statue committee. The...

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