born 13.10.1918 Otivar,Granada,Spain
Republican Army,Spanish Civil War 1936-39
11 eme Bataillon de Marche,French Foreign Legion April 1940
escaped from Syria to Palestine May 1940
enlisted Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) July 1940
Private 6100512
50 Commando 1940
D Bn Layforce 1941
POW 1.6.1941 Crete
POW number 96158
Stalag 4C,Wistritz bei Teplitz,Germany
liberated and arrived London June 1945
settled in London postwar
his 2 elder brothers were killed fighting against Franco
Manuel Fajardo 26.8.1951,Antonio Fajardo 6.6.1952
married Leopoldina Andrade (Portuguese) 1949 (1 son Antonio born 1954)
died 3.10.1986 Portugal
buried London
photo courtesy of Tony Fajardo (son of Joaquin)
