Biography
k-Levick, Gustavus Lionel. b. August 1, 1914 (1915), California; Father Milnes Levick (1887-1943), Mother Rose Anita Lanigan (1889-1956); High School education; Single; Freelance writer and store clerk; CP 1936; Received Passport# 396425 on April 23, 1937 which listed his address as 7 Jones Street, NYC; Sailed May 8, 1937 aboard the American Importer; Arrived in Spain via Llansa on June 1, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion in training; Transferred to the Lincoln-Washington BN; Commanded Co. 1; Killed in action October 13, 1937, Fuentes de Ebro; Find a Grave #96344148, listed “in memory of Lionel” on mother’s grave, cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Coloma, San Mateo County, California.
Siblings: brother Robert Bartling Levick (1912-1969), sister Ada Roslyn 1908-1992).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Mac-Paps; CP; RGASPI; USSDA 2:0716,56:0972; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Lionel Levick, Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Company 1, September 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-1275. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Siblings: brother Robert Bartling Levick (1912-1969), sister Ada Roslyn 1908-1992).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Mac-Paps; CP; RGASPI; USSDA 2:0716,56:0972; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Lionel Levick, Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Company 1, September 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-1275. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.