Catalogue Number
NMLH.2016.10.2
Object Name
Programme
Title
In Memoriam, Benjamin Tillett
Place
Golders Green
London
People
Ben Tillett
Events
Ben Tillett's funeral
Date
1943
Description
Ben Tillett was a British trade unionist, socialist and politician. He was born in Bristol in 1860 and after moving to London gained a prominent role in the trade union movmenet during the Great Dock Strike of 1889. He became General Secretary of the newly formed General Labourers' Union and was one of the founding members of the Labour Party. Following a split with the party he rejoined and was the Labour Party MP for Salford North from 1917 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1931. Tillett died in January 1943 aged 82.
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