Alternate name(s):
Paddy; Tommy
Date of birth:
Sunday, 28 April 1907
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Irish
Profession:
auto worker; miner
Hometown(s):
Vancouver, British Columbia; Blantyne, Scotland
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1928
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1935
Prior military experience:
Canadian Army: Royal Scots, October 1924 to January 1928; Royal Canadian Regiment, August 1930 to 1933
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-04-06 arrived
Unit:
Officers' Training School; British Battalion; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; Sergeant
Final status:
WIA 15 February 1938 at Segura de los Baños: wounded in the stomach; WIA on 30 July 1938 near Gandesa: in right upper arm; Hospitalized; Survived; Fought during World War II with the British Army; KIA 1943 in North Africa
Other:
An article about McGuire, "McGuire Meets the Moors," appears in The Book of the XV Brigade, p. 162.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 559, ll. 77-87; McLoughlin; Momryk; Petrou
