Ernest Bevin
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Ernest Bevin was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 19
Bevin in 1942
Bevin in 1920
Sketch of Bevin commissioned by the Ministry of Information during the Second World War
Ernest Bevin standing to the right of Winston Churchill who waves to crowds on Whitehall on VE Day, 8 May 1945, after broadcasting to the nation that the war against Germany had been won in Europe
Aneurin Bevan
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Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's governme
Ernest Bevin
…West Country accent that on one occasion, listeners at Cabinet had difficulty in deciding whether he was talking about "Hugh and Nye (Gaitskell and Bevan)" or "you and I". He had developed his oratorical skills from his time as a Baptist lay preacher, which he had given up as a profession to become a…
Bevan in 1943
The Tredegar Query Club by friends including Aneurin Bevan and Walter Conway. Conway is in the middle of the picture. Aneurin is second from right on the back row and his brother Billy is second right on front row.
Bevan talking to a patient at Park Hospital, Manchester, the day the NHS came into being
Statue of Bevan in Cardiff by Robert Thomas