Alternate name(s):
Encott
Charles
Ercott
Escott
Eascott
Date of birth:
Sunday, 23 January 1910
Marital status:
single
Married Doris McWhirter of Manchester, England, in September 1945
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
miner; postal worker
Hometown(s):
Coleman, Alberta; Coast Capitano, New Westminster, British Columbia; Penticton, British Columbia
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-02-23 via Agullana
Unit:
Trained in Tarazona; 15 Brigade after May 20, 1938; Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, Soldado
Final status:
Reported POW/MIA in April 1938; Imprisoned by the International Brigade; Survived; Returned to Canada on February 3, 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond; Died December 9, 1990, in Penticton, British Columbia
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Demoralized, deserted after The Retreats; Apprehended; Imprisoned at Castillo de Fels in June 1938 by the 21 Corps; Listed as a "bad element"
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 547, ll. 2-4; Arrival Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 36, ll. 82; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
