General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.
Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
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Arthur Deakin
Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...
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Ernest Bevin bust
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J. J. Trowbridge
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Alderman Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale
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LSHTM - Chadwick
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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F. Milton Harvey
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Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
E8, Mare Street, 373-5
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