Alternate name(s):
MacGregor
Date of birth:
Friday, 28 April 1911
Marital status:
married Mary Fulton
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Scottish
Profession:
baker; farm worker; seaman
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia; Ayr City, Scotland
Date of immigration to Canada:
Monday, 18 March 1929
Education:
left school in seventh grade to work at a bakery
Political affiliation:
No party affiliation; No party affiliation
Involvement in On-to-Ottawa Trek:
Participated in the On-to-Ottawa Trek; Lived in relief camps
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-06-04
Unit:
British Battalion, Company 3; Officer Training School; Artillery; American Anti-tank Anti-aircraft Battery; Attached to Dimitrov Battalion at the war's end
Final status:
WIA either 25 August or 28 August 1937: hit in the foot; Survived; Returned to Canada on 11 February 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Died in 1981
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 70-73; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, Delo 511. ll. 4; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, McGregor, Hugh, 6 pages, no date; Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives
