Alex McDade

Alex McDade (1905–1937) was a Glasgow poet and labourer who went to Spain to fight with XV International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.^[1] He was a political commissar with the British Battalion and wounded at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937.^[1] He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Brunete at Villanueva de la Cañada on 6 July 1937. He wrote the poem "Valley of Jarama".

Alex McDade
McDade in Spain, 1937
Born	1905 (1905)
Died	6 July 1937(1937-07-06) (aged 31–32)
Unit	XV International Brigade British Battalion
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War Battle of Jarama Battle of Brunete