Provost Kenneth Duffy joined representatives of the North Lanarkshire No Pasaran Memorial Committee to honour the brave local volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
As 2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, the council remembered the 11 North Lanarkshire volunteers who gave their lives in the fight against fascism.
The memorial committee will also host a public commemoration at 1pm on Sunday, July 26, at the memorial in Duchess of Hamilton Park.
Around 500 Scots volunteered to take up arms in the conflict – proportionately more than any other country – despite the then British Government’s refusal to send troops to fight in Spain.
The bloody three-year-long war ended in 1939 with the loss of half a million lives, including the 11 men from North Lanarkshire whose sacrifice has now been marked with the memorial in the Duchess of Hamilton Park.
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