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William
Tattam
Other name: E
Place of birth:
Year of birth: 1907
Political organisation: CP
Occupation: Miner
Date of arrival: 21 December 1936
Brigade ID: 339
Date of departure:
Date of death: 17 July 1937
Where killed: Brunete
Comments: Believed to have died when the lorry he was riding in overturned on the way to Brunete in June-July. 'When the British Battalion was moving up to the Front at Brunete William Tattam was sitting at the back of one of the Trucks,The truck hit an obstacle in the Road and William, was thrown out of the truck and fell under the wheels of the Following Truck,he died instantly .His Body was probly buried near the roadside where he was killed.' RGASPI.545/6/39 p.950
Source: IBA Box 21 File A & Box 21a File A, RGASPI 545/6/91
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