Battle of Stockton | |||||||
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The plaque by the Market Cross, Stockton-on-Tees, marking the event. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
British Union of Fascists (Blackshirts) | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michael Jordan | George Short | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30 | 2,000–3,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~ 2 injured | 0 |
The Battle of Stockton, took place on 10 September 1933 at the Market Cross in the High Street of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It was a clash between members of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) and anti-fascist demonstrators from the small local Communist Party and National Unemployed Workers Movement (NUWM).