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- George_Watters abstract "George Watters (26 September 1904 – 1980) was a miner and labourer from Prestonpans, East Lothian, who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Watters was barred from working in the local pit as he was seen as an agitator and trouble maker following the 1926 General Strike and ensuing lock-out. Watters opposed the British Union of Fascists and in May 1936 \"I had a front seat [at the Usher Hall] and my job was to get up and create a disturbance right away by challenging Sir Oswald Mosley, which I did\". Watters was arrested and escaped with a fine for five pounds.Watters served in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and was captured by nationalist troops at Jarama on 13 February 1937. \"We were tied by our thumbs with field telephone wire in twos and threes and driven behind their lines by Moorish cavalry using the flats of their sabres\". This was the first major engagement of the British Battalion at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937. The British International Brigade force lost about half of its 600 men at a location they called \"Suicide Hill\".After his capture at Jarama Watters was sentenced to lifetime solitary confinement. He came close to being executed whilst imprisoned. Watters had volunteered to be shot when a young man was due to be executed and became hysterical. Watters’ brother-in-law, William Dickson (also of Prestonpans), was also killed in Spain. Watters was forcibly repatriated upon being released.Watters described his motivation for fighting in the civil war thus: \"We were afraid of the situation developing, of what was likely to happen to the Spanish government, which at that particular time was carrying through some very good measures so far as the ordinary people were concerned: the eight-hour day, compulsory education for all children, a guaranteed wage and a number of other features that were considered a great advance\". p. 33George Watters also went on to fight in the Second World War and died in 1980.".
- George_Watters birthDate "1904-09-26".
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- George_Watters deathDate "1980".
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- George_Watters wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Watters".
- George_Watters dateOfBirth "1904-09-26".
- George_Watters dateOfDeath "1980".
- George_Watters name "Watters, George".
- George_Watters shortDescription "British anti-fascist".
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- George_Watters description "British anti-fascist".
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- George_Watters comment "George Watters (26 September 1904 – 1980) was a miner and labourer from Prestonpans, East Lothian, who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Watters was barred from working in the local pit as he was seen as an agitator and trouble maker following the 1926 General Strike and ensuing lock-out. Watters opposed the British Union of Fascists and in May 1936 \"I had a front seat [at the Usher Hall] and my job was to get up and create a disturbance right away by challenging Sir Oswald Mosley, which I did\".".
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