Alternate name(s):
Watts
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 29 August 1893
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
railway engineer; fireman
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1919
Education:
primary school
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1934; Communist Party of Spain
Prior military experience:
British Army during World War I in France
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-07
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Company 1; Served at Fuentes de Ebro
Final status:
WIA in leg; Hospitalized; Survived; Returned to Canada in 1939
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Did not desert, but was arrested.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 27-40; Petrou
