Richard Baxell

Richard Baxell is a historian and author. He is a former Research Fellow at the London School of Economics' Cañada Blanch Centre and is currently the historical consultant for the International Brigade Memorial Trust..

He is the author of a number of books and articles on British volunteers for the International Brigades, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. His latest book, Forged in Spain a collection of ten biographies of Britons involved in the Spanish Civil War, was published by Clapton Press in 2023.

His previous works include the critically acclaimed British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War: The British Battalion in the International Brigades, 1936-1939 and Unlikely Warriors, an oral history of the British volunteers in Spain, which was short-listed for the 2013 political history book of the year.