Alex McDade
Encyclopedia
Alex McDade was a Glasgow labourer who went to Spain to fight with XV International Brigade
in the Spanish Civil War
He was a political commissar with the British Battalion
and wounded at the Battle of Jarama
in February 1937. 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".
XV International Brigade
The XV International Brigade fought for the Spanish Second Republic in the Spanish Civil War as a part of the International Brigades. It was mustered at Albacete in Spain, in January 1937, comprising many English-speaking volunteers - arranged into a mostly British British Battalion and a mostly...
in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
He was a political commissar with the British Battalion
British Battalion
The British Battalion was the 16th battalion of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.- Early volunteers :A number of British volunteers, including Tom Wintringham and Nat Cohen, arrived in Spain during August-September 1936 and formed the Tom Mann Centuria - a rifle company in...
and wounded at the Battle of Jarama
Battle of Jarama
The Battle of Jarama was an attempt by General Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama, just east of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War...
in February 1937. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Brunete
Battle of Brunete
The Battle of Brunete , fought 15 miles west of Madrid, was a Republican attempt to alleviate the pressure exerted by the Nationalists on the capital and on the north during the Spanish Civil War...
at Villanueva de la Cañada
Villanueva de la Cañada
Villanueva de la Cañada is a municipality in Spain, located 30 km west of the city of Madrid.Population : 14 809.-General references:*- External links :...
on 6 July 1937. He wrote the poem "Valley of Jarama".