A Memorial to the Spanish Civil War is sited at the Duchess of Hamilton Park in
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
in Scotland.
It is dedicated to the 40 local
volunteers of the International Brigades that fought for the
Republican cause in the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
between 1936 and 1939. 11 of the volunteers were killed in the war. The journalist Ethel MacDonald was the only female volunteer to travel from Lanarkshire to fight in the conflict.
The memorial is inscribed with the Republican motto '
¡No Pasarán!' ('they shall not pass').
[
The memorial was erected by the No Pasaran Memorial Committee of North Lanarkshire. It was unveiled on 20 July 2013.]Motherwell Civic Centre
Motherwell Civic Centre is a municipal building in Windmillhill Street in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The building, which is the headquarters of North Lanarkshire Council, is a Category B listed building.
History
The facility was c ...
by North Lanarkshire council on several occasions to remember the volunteers.[
The memorial was vandalised with the words "Franco" and "vermin" in June 2021.]
Inscription
Obverse inscription:
Reverse inscription:
References
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2013 establishments in Scotland
History of North Lanarkshire
International Brigades
Buildings and structures in Motherwell
Scottish military memorials and cemeteries
Spain–United Kingdom relations
Spanish Civil War
War memorials in the United Kingdom