Alternate name(s):
Graysdale; Gracedale; Graisdale; Graysdell
Nickname:
Fred
Date of birth:
Saturday, 8 December 1894
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Dudlhay Hill, England
Political affiliation:
Not a member of the Communist Party
Prior military experience:
WWI; Served as a private with the Leicestershire Regiment, Lincolnshire Regiment, and Machine Gun Corps; On reserve 1919, mustered out 1923
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08-07
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, Armory
Final status:
WIA; Imprisoned at it seems he was evacuated from Castillo de Fels prison; Survived; Returned to Canada 23 February aboard the Duchess of York; Died 15 January 1951 in Homfray Creek, British Columbia
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Did not desert, but was imprisoned at Castillo de Fels; Believed to be part of a clique of "disruptive elements" alongside Bigwood and Heaney
Sources:
Sources: RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 550, ll. 20-21 (under Graydell); Momryk,
Ancestry; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
