Ildefonso_Puigdendolas

Ildefonso Puigdendolas

Ildefonso Puigdendolas

Spanish military officer

Colonel Ildefonso Puigdendolas Ponce de Leon (1876, in Girona – 31 October 1936, near Illescas) was a Spanish military officer who served the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. In 1931 he was colonel of Infantry in Seville as inspector of the security corps. In 1934 he was appointed to Malaga. In July 1936 he defeated the rebels forces at Alcala de Henares and Guadalajara.[1] After that, he commanded the Loyalist militia at the Battle of Badajoz in 1936.[2][3] After the battle of Badajoz he escaped to Portugal and returned to the zone controlled by the Spanish Republican Army. During the battle of Seseña Puigdendolas was killed by his own men when trying to prevent desertion.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Puigdendolas and the second or maternal family name is Ponce de Leon.
Colonel Puigdengolas in Alcalá de Henares (Albero y Segovia 21 July 1936).

Notes

  1. [1]
    ESPINOSA, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2003. Barcelona. p.461
  2. [2]
    Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. p.360
  3. [3]
    ESPINOSA, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2003. Barcelona. p.81
  4. [4]
    Héctor Alonso García, El coronel Puigdengolas y la batalla de Badajoz: (agosto de 1936), Valencia 2014

References

  • Espinosa, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2003. Barcelona.
  • Espinosa, Francisco. La justicia de Queipo. Editorial Crítica. Barcelona. 2006. ISBN 84-8432-691-8
  • Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London.


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