Veterans of the Spanish Civil War who died in 2013
The following is a list of known veterans of the Spanish Civil War (17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) who died in 2013.
Veterans listed by date of death
Name |
Rank/Regiment/Corps |
Nationality |
Born |
Died |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvarez, Antonio |
Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
5 December 1919 |
1 January 2013 (93) |
Also served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. Lived in New Jersey. |
Sossenko, George |
Sébastien Faure Century |
Russia |
December 20 1918 |
14 March 2013 (94) |
Also fought in World War II with the Free French. Later moved to the United States. |
Moldes, Belarmino |
Spanish Nationalist Army |
Spain |
20 March 2013 (95) |
Joined the Nationalist Army on 18 July 1936, served in the Engineer Corps with mine detecting, cooking, etc. In A Coruña for army training, fought in the Siege of Oviedo, the Battle of Teruel, and Castellon de la Plana. |
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Elman, Erik |
International Brigade |
Estonia |
30 March 2013 (94) |
Joined in 1938. Volunteer in Republican Army at the Ebro front. Was in a concentration camp. 1941–1949 in Red Army (USSR). |
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Sampedro, José Luis |
Republican Forces |
Spain |
1 February 1917 |
8 April 2013 (96) |
Writer and economist |
Morayta, Miguel |
Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
15 August 1907 |
19 June 2013 (105) |
Was the youngest artillery officer in the Spanish military when the conflict started. Post war, left Spain for France and Africa, finally arriving in Mexico in 1941 where he started career as film director. |
Päiviö, Jules |
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion |
Canada |
29 April 1916 |
4 September 2013 (97) |
Captured by Italian troops from March 1938 to spring 1939 being imprisoned in Burgos. Enlisted in World War II, but was prohibited from fighting on front due to Spanish veterans being treated as Communists. Professor and architect. Later lived in Sudbury, Canada. |
Riquer i Morera, Martí de |
Nationalist Army |
Spain |
3 May 1914 |
17 September 2013 (99) |
Spanish nobleman. Later became a noted Catalan linguist. |
Armada Comyn, Alfonso |
Spanish Nationalist Army |
Spain |
30 November 2013 (93) |
Enlisted aged 16. Later fought as a member of the Division Azul on the Eastern Front. |
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