Biography

Anceaume y Ramos, Alejandro (“Cheo”); Cuban; Driver; CP 1935 (1934), Julio Antonio Mella Club, NYC, USA, Vice President; Domicile New York; Sailed January 5, 1937 aboard the Champlain; Arrived in Spain on January 14, 1937. Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN, Co. 1, Centuria Antonio Guiteras; Badly wounded at Jarama, he was left for dead for several days before being recovered, lost an eye.

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Sources: Americans; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 19, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; Opis 6, Delo 857, ll. 45 (ver ar gen amer); USSDA 852,221/233; Vera Jimenéz; Lambe; Alberto More Tabio, “Five Heroes of Cuba Who Fell at Jarama,” Daily Worker, April 3, 1937, Clipping; SIDBRINT.