Richard Beech
The basics
Quick facts
Birth:
1893
Death:
1955
The details
Biography
Introduction
Richard Clyde Beech (1893 Hull -1955) was a revolutionary industrial unionist. He was the delegate for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) to the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern. He was married to Dr. Moira Elizabeth Connolly, the daughter of James Connolly, also an organiser with the IWW.
Family life
Richard ran away to sea with his brother Charlie. The pair then travelled widely working as miners and seamen in Australia and North America. By the outbreak of war they were seamen sailing between Liverpool and the USA. Richard married Dr Moira Elizabeth Connolly in 1940.
His granddaughter, Donna Dougall, was doing family research in 2010 when she discovered that she was the great granddaughter of James Connolly.
Works
- Torpedoed, and other short stories, (1943) Harrow: Progressive Publishers