Anthony Carritt

Anthony Carritt
Born1914
Boars Hill, Oxford, United Kingdom
Died13 July 1937 (aged c. 23)
EducationBradfield School, Berkshire
Known forAnti-fascist revolutionary.
Member of the famous Oxford based Carritt family of left-wing revolutionaries.
FamilyWinifred Carritt (Mother).

Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire (biological father).
Noel Carritt (material half-Brother).
Brian Carritt (maternal half-Brother).
Bill Carritt (maternal half-Brother).
Michael Carritt (maternal half-Brother).
Liesel Carritt (Sister in law).

2 material half-sisters.

Anthony Carritt (1914–1937) was a British left-wing activist and a member of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He and his brother Noel Carritt were ambulance drivers at the Battle of Brunete, and the two brothers fought against Spanish fascists backed by both Hitler and Mussolini.[1] Anthony Carritt was assumed to have been killed in an airstrike after he went missing during the Battle of Brunete and was never found despite his brother spending days searching for him.[1]

He was also notable for being a member of the famous Oxford-based Carritt family of left-wing academics and revolutionaries, including the spy Michael Carritt. He is also believed to have been the biological son of famous British evolutionary biologist Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire, despite being raised as a brother of the Carritt family.[2]

  1. ^ a b Farman, Chris; Rose, Valery; Woolley, Liz (2015). No Other Way: Oxfordshire and the Spanish Civil War 1936-39. UK: Oxford International Brigade Memorial Committee. p. 56. ISBN 9781-910448-052.
  2. ^ "Arthur Dukinfield DARBISHIRE (1879–1915)". Oxford History. Retrieved 24 May 2021.