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25th February 2024 LOCAL HISTORY: IN MEMORIAM OF BOB SMILLIE
In the Cementerio General de Valencia lies a memorial designed by Scottish sculptor Frank Casey in dedication to a Glaswegian named Bob Smillie. It was placed there some 82 years after his death in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Smillie was a trained chemist who studied at the University of Glasgow. From a socialist […]
