A fellow Englishman in Orwell’s militia, married to a Spanish woman. For multiple weeks, he is the only Englishman in Orwell’s company and Orwell shares a trench dug-out with him and his brother. After three weeks at the front, both Orwell and he are sent to join a contingent of English volunteers that has recently arrived. During the political persecution of the POUM, he avoids arrest and goes into hiding.