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Joseph 'Alec/Alex'
Adderley
Other name: Alexander
Place of birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Year of birth: 16th October 1912
Political organisation: CP
Occupation: Dyer
Date of arrival: 10th June 1938
Brigade ID: Not issued
Date of departure: 7th December 1938
Date of death: 5th May 1997 - Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Where killed:
Comments: Preferred to be called Alexander Adderley. Addresses given as; Mother, 986, Leeds Road, Bradley, Huddersfield & Friend, 27, Crownhills Rise, Leicester. Fought at the Ebro, 24 July – 28 August 1938. Wounded by a trench mortar. Good conduct & disciplined. 'Seemed good average type' Repatriated and returned to his mother's address in Huddersfield, where he was residing in 1939.
Source: NA FO371/22654, IBA Box C File 2/1. RGASPI 545/6/100/43-49. Huddersfield Examiner 17th September 1938 p11. Huddersfield Daily Examiner - 8 May 1939 p7. Huddersfield Daily Examiner - 9 November 1939 p4.
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