In early 1997 it was claimed on ITV's World in Action [1] that the original leader of Combat 18 Charlie Sargent, who at the time was on remand for the murder of fellow C18 member Chris Castle, had acted as a paid informant for the police, although no evidence for this allegation was provided.
[10] Williams, who had also been involved with the National Front since the 1970s, had been the person chosen to escort the ashes of Savitri Devi to Arlington, Virginia where they were given to the American Nazi Party.
[11] As leader, the duties of Williams included overseeing membership inquiries and levying the £10 annual fee from registered supporters.
[5] A further magazine was also published in support of the NSM, sharing the name Column 88 with an earlier neo-Nazi paramilitary group, although this was as much a personal concern of Williams as White Dragon was of Sargent.
Copeland, who had joined the NSM after becoming disillusioned with the British National Party, served as Hampshire organiser for the group.