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Cecil Echlin Gerahty (1888 – 13 May 1938) was an English journalist for the '' Daily Mail''. Born in
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in 1888, his parents were George Marsh and his wife Laura. His younger brothers were the author
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and the actor Leslie Marsh Gerahty. From 31 August 1915, Gerahty served in the
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, with the rank of lieutenant and in 1919 he was mentioned in despatches for his services in action against enemy submarines off
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. After the war, between 1924 and 1936, he sailed from the UK to
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, Morocco, on eleven occasions, and also to Gibraltar in 1937. His occupation was recorded as Shipping Agent and then later in 1931 as journalist. In 1925 he was accompanied by Irene Winifred Gerahty (aged 35) and Esmond Echlin Gerahty (aged 1). His address was given as 27 Cresswell Road,
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and later 12 St James Square, London. Esmond was attending Marlborough House School,
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, in 1933. In 1937 he gave a talk on the
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on "My Friends the Moors". He was author of ''The Road to Madrid'' about the rise of
General Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 193 ...
and the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...
. The ''Daily Mail'' was staunchly pro-Franco and Gerahty was a key apologist for the Nationalists in their attempt to refute the bombing of Guernica. He travelled extensively around Nationalist Spain and made a shortwave propaganda broadcast on behalf of the Nationalists. He also published documents, later shown to be forgeries, alleging that radical insurrections were being planned at the time that the army revolted. He died on 13 May 1938 at
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. His wife Irene died 1971 in
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.''England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes''. London, England. Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007. Apr 1971, Registration District:Eastbourne, Sussex. Volume:5h, Page:626


Publications

Gerahty, Cecil. (1937). ''The Road to Madrid'', London: Hutchinson William Foss, Cecil Gerahty. (1938). ''The Spanish Arena'', London: Right Book Club


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerahty, Cecil Echlin 1888 births 1938 deaths People from Hampton, London British newspaper journalists