Alternate name(s):
Percy; Perc; Degesse; Dageese; Dagresse; Dalesse; Dagessy
Nickname:
Dagesse
Date of birth:
Monday, 17 August 1914
Marital status:
Later married Lulu
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
Mail carrier; Crane Operator
Hometown(s):
St. Catharines, Ontario; Leads, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Saturday, 18 October 1919
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-01-18 sailed
1938-01-28 arrived
Unit:
Daily Clarion agent
Final status:
POW 1 April 1938 outside Gandesa; Released 27 October 1938; Survived; Returned to Canada 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Fought during World War II with the Canadian Army; Died 14 August 2001 in St. Catharines, Ontario
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 546, ll. 1; Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 546, ll. 4; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff; son Daryl Dagesse
