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Alex McDade

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Alex McDade
Born1905 (1905)
Died6 July 1937(1937-07-06) (aged 31–32)
UnitXV International Brigade
British Battalion
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War

Alex McDade (1905–1937) was a Glasgow poet and labourer who went to Spain to fight with XV International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.[1] He was a political commissar with the British Battalion and wounded at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937.[1] He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Brunete at Villanueva de la Cañada on 6 July 1937. He wrote the poem "Valley of Jarama".

References

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  1. ^ a b Jump, p 115
  • Jump, Jim (ed). Poets from Spain: British and Irish International Brigaders on the Spanish Civil War London: Lawrence & Wishart (2006) ISBN 978-1-905007-39-4