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Wednesday April 11, 2007 13:18

by KBranno

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One of the last Scottish veterans of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War has died, aged 99.
James Maley, a life-long communist, went to Spain in 1936 to fight for the Republican government against the insurgence by fascists under Franco.

He left with a party of Glaswegians who travelled to London before embarking on a boat train to Paris and then Spain.

Mr Maley, who fought at the Battle of Jarama, the defence of Madrid in February 1937, died on Monday 09th /April/2007.

During the Battle of Jarama, Mr Maley and his machine gun company were left in no-man's land, low on ammunition.

Returned home

They hid among the olive trees for two days before being captured by nationalist troops.

News of his capture reached home in an astonishing way.

For several months, Mr Maley's mother in the Calton district of Glasgow had heard nothing - but then she saw her son paraded with other prisoners on a newsreel shown at the local cinema.

It was the last showing of the film which was then being sent to Paisley.

Mrs Maley travelled there and persuaded the projectionist to clip out a frame which she was able to keep as a memento until her son was returned home later in 1937.

Eleven years ago, Mr Maley returned to Spain for the first time since his deportation, to take part in a BBC radio documentary.

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Comments (11 of 11)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Never Forget Their Efforts.	F.R	Wed Apr 11, 2007 13:50
2	Venceremos!	Celia S	Wed Apr 11, 2007 16:12
3	No Pasaran!	Startsruck	Wed Apr 11, 2007 18:19
4	Maley and Irish freedom	ian mackenzie	Wed Apr 11, 2007 21:16
5	RIP	Left West	Thu Apr 12, 2007 16:22
6	Jim Maley - obit	Anti-Fascist	Fri Apr 13, 2007 08:58
7	today the 14th of April is the anniversary of the 2nd Republic's declaration in 1931	RIP & Memory	Sat Apr 14, 2007 04:29
8	Celtic fans remember James Maley.	KBranno	Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:15
9	Spanish Civil War Veteran	el siglo	Mon Apr 16, 2007 17:46
10	RIP a Chara	Esmond Kyan	Tue Apr 17, 2007 17:21
11	Not Impressed	Caubeen	Wed Apr 18, 2007 06:48

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