Alternate name(s):
Jack Cody
Lionel
Nickname:
Curly
Date of birth:
Saturday, 20 January 1912
Marital status:
married
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Hometown(s):
Kenora, Ontario; The Pas, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Company commander; took the name Jack Cody during the Retreats
Final status:
Captured on 1 April 1938; Imprisoned at San Pedro de Carde̱na; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Returned to Canada 6 May 1939 on the Duchess of Bedford; Served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II; Involved with the MacPap Veterans Association (West); Died in 1979
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña. Older brother of Stillman Wilson.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 575, ll. 109 (ver ar gen can/ingles/amer); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 557, ll. 38 (Fiche under Leslie, Wilson); List of Canadian Casualties in Spain MG30 E173 Vol.1 File 13 (Captured); Geiser; Hoar (Hoar is quite confused on Wilson and says that he was captured at Calaciete, but also says p179 that he was killed at the Monastery in Belchite on March 11. This may be a confusion between the American Jack Cody and Leslie Wilson who took Cody’s identity at the end of the Retreats); Liversedge; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; BC Archives
