Bevin was born on 9 March 1881 in Somerset. He received little formal education and was orphaned at the age of eight. He began work at 11 in the Bristol docks but soon exhibited an extraordinary gift ...

On a family holiday almost 40 years ago I visited Winsford, the village on the edge of Exmoor where Ernest Bevin was born (and Boris Johnson was raised). Having read the first book in Alan Bullock’s ...

A working-class hero who helped lead Britain in its darkest hour is brilliantly brought to life in this compelling biography Shortly after the formation of the wartime coalition in May 1940, the ...

The Bevin Boys was the name given to the 48,000 or so young men aged between 18 and 25 who were conscripted by the government to work down the mines during the period 1943-48. The part they played in ...

The life and times of Ernest Bevin by Bullock, Alan, 1914-2004 Publication date 1960 Topics ...

David Hewetson, a scion of the family and educated at public school, dreamed of serving his country with distinction. But he was astonished when, on Christmas Day of 1943, he was ordered to report for ...

Publication date 1985 Topics Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951, Cabinet officers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1964 Publisher Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : ...

At the end of 1943 Ernest Bevin, the Minister of Labour in Churchill's war time government, decreed that ten per cent of all conscripts registering for military service should be sent down Britain's ...