Battle of Stockton

Battle of Stockton
The plaque by the Market Cross, Stockton-on-Tees, marking the event.
Date 10 September 1933 Location Market Cross, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom Result Anti-fascist victory; BUF meeting in Stockton-on-Tees called off.
Belligerents
British Union of Fascists (Blackshirts)	Anti-fascists Communist Party National Unemployed Workers' Movement
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).