| Oxford Spanish Civil War memorial | |
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| Oxford, England | |
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| For International Brigades | |
| Unveiled | 10 June 2017 |
| Location | 51°45′4.81″N 01°14′14.73″W / 51.7513361°N 1.2374250°W East Oxford, Headington Hill |
| Designed by | Charlie Carter |
| Burials by war | |
"In memory of the 31 men and women of Oxfordshire who defended democracy and fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 and the people of the County who gave them support. Six were killed in action. 'We came because our open eyes could see no other way.'[1] C Day Lewis" | |
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 (1936–1939) against Nationalist forces. Erected and unveiled in 2017, the memorial is located close to South Park, near the base of Headington Hill by the junction of Headington Road and Morrell Avenue.[2] The memorial is dedicated to all the volunteers with links to Oxfordshire who supported the Republicans and inscribed onto the front are the names of the six volunteers in the International Brigades who were killed 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 Carritt.
- ^ Day Lewis, C (1959) [1938]. "The Volunteer". Overtures to Death and Other Poems. London: Jonathan Cape (2nd impression). p. 40. OCLC 1114389.
- ^ Jenkins, Stephanie (10 June 2017). "Oxford International Brigade". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2021.