Alternate name(s):
Budgeon; Bugdens
Nickname:
Cliff
Date of birth:
Wednesday, 6 May 1914
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
truck driver
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario
Prior military experience:
militia; 3 years in non permanent force of Canada's Governor General's body guard
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-16 left Canada
1937-01-29 left Paris
Unit:
Abraham Lincoln Battalion
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada from Liverpool 23 October 1937 on the Andania
Other:
According to D.P. Stephens, Budgen was one of the first five Canadian sent to Spain to join the International Brigades (17).
Sources:
Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff; Stephens
