Alex McDade

British political commissar

Alex McDade
Born	1905 (1905)
Died	6 July 1937(1937-07-06) (aged 31–32)
Unit	XV International Brigade British Battalion
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War Battle of Jarama Battle of Brunete

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

^ ^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

XV International Brigade – Abraham Lincoln

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