Helen Lomax
Helen Lomax was born in Glasgow. After leaving school she became an office typist.
In 1926 she joined the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation (APCF), an organisation formed by Guy Aldred. Other members included Jenny Patrick, Rose Witcop, Ethel MacDonald and John Taylor Caldwell.
Lomax campaigned tirelessly against nuclear weapons and as Caldwell pointed out: "When the Americans set up air bases in the United Kingdom after the war she made a placard showing a map of Britain with the words: AMERICA'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, S.S. GREAT BRITAIN, SEVERAL MILLION CHILDREN ABOARD."
Helen Lomax died on 27th April 1960.
Primary Sources
(1) John Taylor Caldwell, Come Dungeons Dark: The Life and Times of Guy Aldred (1988)
Despite her education and her quick mind, Helen Lennox worked in junior positions as office typist, and she donated practically all her earned money to the Group, which she had joined in 1926. When the Americans set up air bases in the United Kingdom after the war she made a placard showing a map of Britain with the words: "AMERICA'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, S.S. GREAT BRITAIN, SEVERAL MILLION CHILDREN ABOARD.
She died while Ethel lay ill, suddenly, without fuss, when the group was too harassed to mourn her and could ill-afford to lose her. Her death took place on April 27th 1960. She was cremated in Maryhill Crematorium, Willie McDougall saying a few last words of tribute.
