March to London

[jamesmcdonald]

I was told by my aunt that my Grandfather took part in a march by veterans to London from Glasgow to protest unemployment sometime in the 1920's. She said that the marchers burnt their discharge papers outside the Houses of Parliament.

Anyone heard of this march?

[BeppoSapone]

Jimmac

Was your Grandfather blinded in WW1? The people who originated the "march to London" idea were unemployed and blinded ex-servicemen.

However, the idea caught on many groups marched to London between the wars, notably the "Jarrow Crusade" and other marches organised by the National Unemployed Workers Movement.

A very little more detail here:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mane...000002/art00002

[jamesmcdonald]

Jimmac

Was your Grandfather blinded in WW1? The people who originated the "march to London" idea were unemployed and blinded ex-servicemen.

However, the idea caught on many groups marched to London between the wars, notably the "Jarrow Crusade" and other marches organised by the National Unemployed Workers Movement.

A very little more detail here:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mane...000002/art00002

Yes, he was in ww1. he was wounded and was on a 40%pension. He eventually got a job as a school janitor