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The Road to Madrid - Diary of Donald Gallie, Member of the Scottish Medical Aid Unit, Serving in the Spanish Civil War, September-December 1936 (Paperback)
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The Road to Madrid - Diary of Donald Gallie, Member of the Scottish Medical Aid Unit, Serving in the Spanish Civil War, September-December 1936 (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 980
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When a failed right-wing military coup provoked civil war in Spain,
in July 1936, the Spanish government made a worldwide plea for
help. In Britain, Aid Spanish Committees sprang up nationwide.
Nowhere was empathy more keenly felt for the working people of
Spain than among the people of Glasgow, which became the hub of the
Scottish Aid for Spain movement. Glasgow was also home to an
enterprise which was to make a significant contribution to the
Spanish Republic the Scottish Ambulance Unit (SAU). The Unit was
the brainchild of a wealthy Glaswegian philanthropist, Sir Daniel
Macaulay Stevenson (18511944). The Units valiant and tireless work
soon earned it an excellent reputation among Republican forces and
as news of its remarkable work spread, volunteers became
affectionately known as Los Brujos The Wizards. However, the
off-duty activities of some of the SAUs members earned it an
altogether different kind of reputation, and the Unit was soon to
become immersed in scandal which tarnished its good name. Donald
Gallie was a member of the first SAU team to arrive in Madrid
(there would be three successive expeditions). He was 24 years old
when Civil War broke out. His family shared a strong sense of
commitment, and this, together with Donalds love of travel and
adventure, is what impelled him to volunteer for service. His
skills as mechanic would prove invaluable in the aid and transport
given to casualties. His Diary is a remarkable document, and its
publication a significant event in the historiography of the
Spanish Civil War.
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