Robert Dunstan

[1][3][4] During World War I, Dunstan served in Mesopotamia as a lieutenant with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Through his membership of the ILP, he was adopted as the Labour Party candidate in Birmingham Moseley at the 1918 general election.

[6] He instead stood in Birmingham West for the CPGB, describing himself as a "workers' candidate"; he gained the backing of several local Labour Party branches, and won 32% of the vote.

[8] Surprisingly, the CPGB decided Dunstan should run in Bethnal Green South West at the 1929 general election; this was closer to his home in Fulham, but he did not perform well, taking only 7.7% of the vote.

[1][9] Dunstan remained active in less high-profile roles in communist politics in Birmingham until the end of World War II.