John Rickman | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_Pascal_Rickman.jpg) John Rickman's name on the Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial | |
| Born | John Pascal Rickman 1910 Powerstock, England |
| Died | 6 April 1937 Colmenar de Orejo Hospital, near Madrid |
| Cause of death | Injuries sustained during the Battle of Jarama |
| Monuments | Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial Family memorial in Powerstock churchyard |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford University (dropped out) |
| Organization(s) | International Brigade, British Battalion. Toc H. Brothers of the Order of St Francis. |
| Known for | Anti-fascist activism. Communist activism |
| Political party |  Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) |
John Pascal Rickman (1910–1937) was a British communist activist who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. Before the war, he dropped out from Lincoln College of the University of Oxford, and became an expert on English church architecture, took part in the Battle of Cable Street, and became involved in various religious and political organisations which aimed to better the conditions of the working class, including the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
In 1937 he was killed outside Madrid from injuries he sustained during the Battle of Jarama. In 2017 his name was included on the newly erected Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial.