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Eric
Whalley
Other name:
Place of birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Year of birth: Jul-Sept 1914
Political organisation: CP
Occupation: ??
Date of arrival: 24th August 1937
Brigade ID: Not issued
Date of departure:
Date of death: 13th October 1937
Where killed: Fuentes de Ebro
Comments: Had previously been active in the ILP which included a trip to Moscow, before joining the CP. Address given as; Family, Tovaris Haven, Brookland Avenue, Mansfield.(Parents still residing here in 1939). Battn Commissar. "Good chap. Very brave". Killed very soon after his arrival in Spain. Bttn Commissar 22/9 -13/10/38.
Source: IBA Box 21 File A & BA p.35. RGASPI 545/2/127/24,61 & 545/6/35/93 & 545/6/39/97 & 545/6/214/1-2. Lancashire Evening Post - 17 September 1934 p6. Stapleford & Sandiacre News - 9 May 1936 p5. Nottingham Journal - 6 November 1937 p3. Nottingham Evening Post - 8 November 1937 p7. Nottingham Journal - 9 November 1937 p2. Mansfield Reporter - 19 November 1937 p4.
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