23rd January 1938

Rear Admiral Antonio Azarola y Gresillón

Antonio Azarola y Gresillón (1874 – 4th August 1936) was a Spanish Navy officer, rear admiral of the Spanish Republican Navy. He was executed by firing squad on 4th August 1936 at the Ferrol Naval Base in Galicia, NW Spain, by rebel Navy officers for refusing to join the coup of July 1936 against the Spanish Republic that triggered the Spanish Civil War.

Azarola was executed by firing squad at 6 am on 4th August against the inner wall of the Cuartel de Dolores barracks. His body was later buried at the Vilagarcía de Arousa graveyard.