Annie Murray

Annie Cargill Murray Knight
Born
Anna Cargill Murray

10 April 1906
Died4 November 1996
OccupationNurse
Known forsupporting the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War

Annie Cargill Knight (nee Murray; 10 April 1906 - 4 November 1996) was a Scottish nurse in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Knight was the daughter of a tenant farmer and one of eight children. She became active in the Communist Party after she finished her training as a nurse. She was one of the first British volunteers to arrive in Spain on the side of the Spanish Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War.


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