International Brigades Order of Battle - XV International Brigade

XV International Brigade

  • Raised: Albacete, 31 January 1937
  • Brigade name/s: XVth Brigade, XV Brigada Mixta
  • Brigade songs: Jarama Valley, An tldirnisinta (Internationale), Viva la Quinta Brigada, Ay Carmela (song) (Viva La Quince Brigada)
  • Battles: Jarama, Brunete, Boadilla, Belchite, Fuentes de Ebro, Teruel, Ebro

Order of Battle

Date joined Number Battalion Name Composition Date left Comments
31 January 1937 16th British Battalion Irish, Basque, Catalonian & British 23 September 1938 Demobilised
31 January 1937 17th Lincoln Battalion US, Canada, Irish, British 23 September 1938 Demobilised
31 January 1937 18th Dimitrov Battalion Balkan 20 September 1937 Moved to 45th Div. Reserve
31 January 1937 19th Sixth February Battalion French & Belgian 4 August 1937 Moved to 14th Brigade
14 March 1937 24th Volontario 24 Spanish volunteers Destroyed in the Ebro Battles
5 April 1937 ~ Español Battalion Latin Americans 23 September 1938 Demobilised
29 June 1937 ~ Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion Canadian & US 23 September 1938 Demobilised
4 July 1937 20th Washington Battalion US 14 July 1937 Merged with Lincoln Battalion
Main Sources: (i) (Spanish) EPR Order of Battle Website, (ii) (Spanish) Associació Catalana Website
  • Sub-battalion units attached to Brigade
    • Connolly Column (Irish volunteers operating as a unit of the Lincoln Battalion)
    • Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • XVth Brigade Photographic Unit (August 1937 – September 1938) Archive
  • Re-organised May/June 1937, into two regiments:
    • First regiment, commanded by George Nathan
      • Lincoln Bn, commanded by Robert Hale Merriman
      • Washington Bn, commanded by Mirko Markovic
      • British Bn, commanded by Fred Copeman
    • Second regiment, commanded by Major "Chapaiev"
      • Dimitrov Battalion
      • Sixth February Battalion
      • Voluntario 24 Battalion (Spanish) (Capitano Aquilla)
  • Post-Brunete, reinforced by:
    • Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
  • International Volunteers Demobilised
    • Barcelona, 23 September 1938

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