Veterans of the Spanish Civil War who died in 2014

The following is a list of known veterans of the Spanish Civil War (17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) who died in 2014.

Veterans listed by date of death

Name

Rank/Regiment/Corps

Nationality

Born

Died

Notes

Ginestà, Marina

International Brigade

France

29 January 1919

6 January 2014 (94)

Wounded at the end of the war, later lived in the Dominican Republic.

Hovan, John

Abraham Lincoln Brigade

United States

19 May 1916

25 March 2014 (97)

Served as a Transport driver. Granted Spanish honorary citizenship on 9 July 2009.

Hoffman, Gerhard

International Brigade

Austria

1921

9 July 2014

Joined in 1934, took part in the Battle of Barcelona

Landauer, Hans

International Brigade

Austria

19 July 2014 (93)

Joined on 12 February 1937. Wounded on 4 September 1937, in Fuendetodos. Arrested in November 1940 and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Lived in Oberwaltersdorf.

Sierra, Luis de la

Nationalist Navy

Spain

11 October 2014

Volunteered in 1937. Served on board the cruiser Almirante Cervera. After the war, he became a Spanish Navy officer. He was a notable naval historian, author of at least seven books about naval warfare.

Scholz, Günther

Nationalist Navy

Germany

24 October 2014 (102)

Joined Navy in 1934. Commander of the 54th JG during World War II. Recipient of the German Cross in Gold. Writer.

See also

  • List of surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War