Biography

k-Watts, Robert Charles (Watt); b. January 18, 1900, Somerville, Massachusetts; Prior military service in the Mexican Army; Single; Seaman; IWW; Domicile Texas City, Texas; Sailed June 5, 1937 aboard the Lancastria; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on June 21, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau BN; KIA March 17, 1938 Calaciete or Batea during the Retreats.

Sources: Sail, Mac-Pap; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 3, delo 512, ll. 72; Fond 545, Opis 6, delo 1008, ll 86.

Photographs: Robert Charles Watt in Spain 1938, and below from his Seaman’s Protection Certificate application, 1930, L-W Tree Ancestry.