Alex McDade

Alex McDade
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

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. He was a political commissar with the British Battalion and wounded at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937. 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".

References

• Jump, Jim (ed). Poets from Spain: British and Irish International Brigaders on the Spanish Civil War London: Lawrence & Wishart (2006) ISBN 978-1-905007-39-4