John Warburton

John Warburton (30 April 1919 – 26 August 2004) was an English fascist and press photographer. He was an assistant district leader for the Clapham branch of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) before the Second World War, and afterwards was a key member of the Union Movement, the founder editor of Comrade, and the senior Council member of Friends of Oswald Mosley.

Early life John Warburton was born in Bury, Lancashire, on 30 April 1919, the son of a blacksmith who died when Warburton was 13. His mother's maiden name was Christian. He had a brother, Edmund ("Ned"). John was educated at St George's Church of England School at Unsworth, Lancashire. which represented the tail end of the movement started by Mosley in the 1930s. and the founder and editor as "John Christian" of Comrade in 1986. and Warburton spent many years researching the names of the detainees. His findings were eventually published in 2005 with a second revised edition published in 2008. Warburton was also instrumental in securing for the University of Birmingham, the papers of Edward Jeffrey Hamm.

Death Warburton died on 26 August 2004.

Selected publications The Hell of Ham Common: The secrets of Britain's war-time torture camps. European Action, n.d. (With Charlie Watts) The Defence Regulation 18B British Union detainees list. Friends of Oswald Mosley, London, 2005. (Revised edition 2008) (With Jeffrey Wallder)