Alternate name(s):
Geordie Dickie
Nickname:
Jack
Date of Birth:
circa 1912
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian; Scottish
Hometown(s):
Coburg, Ontario; Moved to Scotland as a child
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Great Britain, 1938
Prior military experience:
Cameron Highlanders
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-02-00
Unit:
British Battalion; Abraham Lincoln Battalion; In the biography of Brent, "Good to Be Alive," Stanley Harrison records that he was posted to the Abraham Lincoln Battalion due to his Canadian birth.
Final status:
Survived; WIA 20 September 1937 at Jarama; Hospitalized 16 August 1937; Lost a leg; Repatriated to England in November 1937
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 543, ll. 118; Momryk; Petrou; “Jack Brent comes home”, Galloway Gazette, March 6, 2006; Geordie Dickie: The Life of Jack Brent by John Dickie; Hoff
