Place of birth: Sunderland
Year of birth: 19th November 1907
Political organisation: CP ' 28 & LP & SAU '30
Occupation: Office worker
Date of arrival: 2nd October 1937
Date of departure: 7th December 1938
Date of death: August 1984 - Newmachar, Aberdeen
Comments: Address given as; Friend, Lennox, c/o 13, Stafford Street, Aberdeen. also Southside Cottages, Wartle, Ayrshire. Didn't actually join the British Battalion as a soldier until January or February 1938. 'Es el mejor comisario que tenemos, tiene iniciativa y puede trabajar independientement, reacciona pronto a problemas, trabajo entre espanolas es debil. Sin reprocha' (John Gates: RGASPI 545/6/118 p.21). Also very positive assessment with Cooney in group c) signed by, Donaldson, Bourne, Yates and G Fletcher dated 23.10.38 (RGASPI 545/6/118 p.26). 'Very brave – high political development. Best Bn. Commissar in Brigade. (Work among Spanish very weak in Bn). Very party conscience.' (Unsigned, probably by Bill Rust: RGASPI 545/6/118 p.34).
Source: IBA Box D-7 File A/1, RGASPI 545/6/91/130 & 545/6/118/17-38. NA FO371/22654.
Proud Journey by Bob Cooney - a Spanish Civil War Memoir
https://grahamstevenson.me.uk/2008/09/19/bob-cooney/
