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James "Joe"
Pugh
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Place of birth: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Year of birth: 15th September 1913
Political organisation: CP '34 & TGWU '34
Occupation: Docker
Date of arrival: 21st December 1936
Brigade ID: 316
Date of departure: 30th May 1937
Date of death: Dec 1995?? - Birmingham, West Midlands???
Where killed:
Comments: Address given as; c/o Mrs Cook, 34, Melville Place, Liverpool. One of the men of No 2 (Machine-Gun) Company captured at Jarama. His brother William Pugh also fought in the M-G Company. Active in Spanish-aid work after his repatriation to the UK. Arrested at an anti Mosely meeting in Liverpool in October 1937. 1939 living in Mozart Street, Liverpool. He, and his wife, stood as CP candidates in the 1944 municipal elections in Liverpool.
Source: IBA Box D-7 File A/2 & Box D-7 File A/7, RGASPI 545/6/40/114 & 545/6/91/64 & 545/6/188/3. Liverpool Echo - 1 June 1937 p4. Liverpool Daily Post - 2 June 1937 p5. Liverpool Daily Post - 12 October 1937 p4. Liverpool Daily Post - 6 November 1944 p3.
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