John Cornford

John Cornford
Cornford in January 1936
Born(1915-12-27)27 December 1915
Cambridge, England
Died28 December 1936(1936-12-28) (aged 21)
Lopera, Spain
Cause of deathKilled in action
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
London School of Economics
OccupationPoet
Political partyCommunist Party of Great Britain
Children1
Military career
AllegianceRepublicans
BranchInternational Brigades
Service years1936
ConflictsSpanish Civil War †

Rupert John Cornford (27 December 1915 – 28 December 1936) was an English poet and communist. During the first year of the Spanish Civil War, he was a member of the POUM militia and later the International Brigades. He died while fighting against the Nationalists, at Lopera, near Córdoba.

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