Alternate name(s):
Aspy
Date of birth:
Thursday, 19 December 1901
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
sailor: 8 years Navy (1920-1927, invalided out for bad knee); auto mechanic
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Spittal-Tongues, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 4 May 1929
Education:
high school, 4 years
Prior military experience:
8 years, Navy
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
Crossed to US on February 15, 1937 through Niagara Falls, Sailed February 17, 1937, on the President Roosevelt; Arrived in Spain March 17, 1937
Unit:
Served with the Auto Park then to Usine #1 as mechanic; Transferred to the Artillery in Almansa on August 1, 1937
Final status:
Survived; Returned to England; Died December 1986 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Conflicting reports: Reported as a deserted February 1938; reported as deserted in November 1937 and saw no service; Marked missing August 1, 1937. Noted to have Trotskyite or strong anarchist tendencies and may have disappeared in the aftermath of May Days.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 541; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 102 (British) ll. 37; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry.
