About Tom Eccles
Lived 1893 – 1962 (aged 68). Tom Eccles was a trade unionist.
Tom Eccles (5 October 1893 – 3 February 1962) was a British trade unionist.
Eccles was born in Blackburn in 1893. In 1912, he joined the National Union of General Workers in 1912, a union in which his father, Fleming Eccles, was prominent.
Eccles fought in World War I, but was seriously injured and spent a lengthy period as a prisoner of war. On repatriation to the UK, he again became active in the union, which later became part of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW), serving as a district organiser, then as the Lancashire district secretary. He was also active in the Labour Party, and served on Stockport Borough Council.
Eccles' son, Jack, followed him in becoming a prominent trade unionist and Labour councillor.
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British trade unionist
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Tom Eccles was born on 5 October 1893.
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Tom Eccles died on 3 February 1962.
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Tom Eccles was a trade unionist.
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