Charles William Duncan Hutchison (10 May 1918 – March 1993) was a British-Ghanaian anti-fascist, soldier, and ambulance driver most famous for being the only Black-British member of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

Hutchison spent almost 10 years engaged in battles against various fascist forces throughout Europe, before starting a family in 1947 and living the rest of his life quietly in South England.

In October 2022, a campaign was kickstarted between local activists and Hutchison's family to raise money for a statue of him to be erected in Oxford city centre.

[4] His father would make frequent visits to the Gold Coast, before unexpectedly disappearing, leaving Hutchison's mother in severe mental and financial hardship.

[4] In December 1936, Hutchison went to Spain and joined the International Brigades to fight against the Nationalist faction supported by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War.

[1] According to Bill Alexander of the British Battalion, Hutchison refused to be sent back to Britain and instead served as an ambulance driver for the 5th Republican Army Corps.

[9][10] In 2019, a commemorative event was held at the Marx Memorial Library in London to celebrate the life of Charlie Hutchison as a part of Black History Month.

[9] During the event, Hutchison's son John spoke of his experiences being raised by his father, describing Charlie's love of boxing and that their home was filled with "books by Marx, Salinger, Steinbeck and Hugo".

[13] Much of the information historians know about Hutchison's life has only been discovered very recently and has been recorded in few histories of the Spanish Civil War, two being Richard Baxell's Unlikely Warriors (2012), and the Communist Party of Britain's Red Lives (2020).

[5][14] In October 2022, a campaign was kickstarted between local activists and Hutchison's family to raise money for a statue of him to be erected in Oxford city centre.