Colonel Ildefonso Puigdendolas Ponce de Leon (1876, in
Girona
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– 31 October 1936, near
Illescas) was a Spanish
military officer who served the
Republic during 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 ...
. In 1931 he was colonel of Infantry in Seville as inspector of the security corps. In 1934 he was appointed to Malaga. In July 1936 he defeated the rebels forces at Alcala de Henares and Guadalajara. After that, he commanded the Loyalist militia at the
Battle of Badajoz in 1936. After the battle of Badajoz he escaped to Portugal and returned to the zone controlled by the
Spanish Republican Army
The Spanish Republican Army ( es, Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic between 1931 and 1939.
It became known as People's Army of the Republic (''Ejército Popular de la Repà ...
. During the
battle of Seseña Puigdendolas was killed by his own men when trying to prevent desertion.
Héctor Alonso GarcÃa, ''El coronel Puigdengolas y la batalla de Badajoz: (agosto de 1936)'', Valencia 2014
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Notes
References
* Espinosa, Francisco. ''La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz.'' Editorial CrÃtica. 2003. Barcelona.
* Espinosa, Francisco. ''La justicia de Queipo.'' Editorial CrÃtica. Barcelona. 2006.
*Thomas, Hugh. (2001). ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. London.
1876 births
1936 deaths
People from Girona
Spanish colonels
Unión Militar Republicana Antifascista members
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
Spanish casualties of the Spanish Civil War
Military personnel killed in the Spanish Civil War
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