The Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial is a monument in Oxford dedicated to the 31 known local residents who fought on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War against Nationalist forces. Erected a
Oxford Spanish War Memorial front
Oxford Spanish War Memorial back plaque
Charlie Hutchison
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Charles William Duncan Hutchison was a Black-British anti-fascist, soldier, and ambulance driver noted for being the only Black-British member of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil Wa
Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial
…during the war. Although the memorial was dedicated to 31 local people who fought in Spain, historians have since discovered two more. One of them was Charlie Hutchison, the only known black man among the approximate 2,500 antifascist volunteers from the British Isles, and the other a German-Jewish refugee called Liesel…
Hutchison during the Second World War