Edward Cecil-Smith was a Canadian communist, propagandist and soldier who fought in 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, lin ...

as a member of the

Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Except for France, no other country had a greater p ...

References

*Armstong, Mark, and Mark Leier, “Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1938,” The Beaver 77, no. 5 (1997): 19–26.

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* Canadian soldiers Members of the Communist Party of Canada 1903 births 1963 deaths Foreign volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Canadian expatriates in China {{Canada-mil-bio-stub