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Bevin

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Bev·in  (bvn), Ernest 1884-1951.
British labor leader and politician who served as minister of labor (1940-1945) and foreign minister (1945-1951) and was instrumental in postwar diplomacy, notably the NATO treaty of 1949.
Bevin [ˈbɛvɪn]
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(Biographies / Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: trade unionist) Ernest. 1881-1951, British Labour statesman and trade unionist, who was largely responsible for the creation of the Transport and General Workers' Union (1922): minister of labour (1940-45); foreign secretary (1945- 51)
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Noun1.Bevin - British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
Ernest Bevin
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During the war Tom was conscripted to work in the coal mines for four years as a Bevin Boy.
Tom Coltman by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Bevin Boys, the 10% of the male population who did not go to war, played an important role by keeping the coal supply flowing from mines across the region.
Bevin Boys reminisce by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Today, he meets Andrew Forte, who helped the war effort by working in the Scottish coal mines after being told he was too weak to be a soldier FORMER Bevin boy Andrew Forte chuckles as he remembers the first day he turned up for work at a Scottish pit to serve his country in World War II.
WE FOUGHT OUR WAR IN THE MINES by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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