The sacrifice made by Britons in the fight against fascism during the Spanish Civil War will be commemorated at an event in Clerkenwell on Sunday.

More than 2,500 British men and women, among them the novelist George Orwell, travelled to Spain in 1936 as part of the International Brigades to defend the democratically elected Republican Government against nationalists led by General Franco. Around 500 of them never returned.

The Marx Memorial Library in Clerkenwell Green, where Sunday’s event will take place, will join with the International Brigade Memorial Trust, Townsend Productions and Unite the Union to mark 80 years since the ­formation of the brigades.

This will be followed by a drinks reception and the unveiling of a plaque naming the 90 men of the British ­Battalion who were killed in the Battle of the Ebro in the summer of 1938.

• Keywords
  COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES, FASCISM
• Geographical keyword
  CLERKENWELL GREEN
• Persons keyword
  Spanish Civil War, International Brigade Memorial Trust, Townsend Productions