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Post by tullpress on Mar 23, 2018 19:13:23 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Mar 23, 2018 19:32:03 GMT
From our 'On this day' thread 28th April.............. "In 1888 The birth of Walter Tull, professional football for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. He was the first 'Afro-Caribbean / mixed heritage' outfield player in the top division of English football, and the first to be commissioned as an infantry officer in the British Army. Northampton South MP Brian Binley has campaigned for Tull to be posthumously awarded the Military Cross for his 'gallantry and coolness' while leading his company of 26 men on a raiding party into enemy territory during World War 1." A true hero
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 16, 2018 6:20:22 GMT
www.skysports.com/Tottenham urged to honour Walter Tull's memory by naming stand after pioneerOn 100th anniversary of the death of Walter Tull, the club's first black player, Spurs encouraged to 'promote his story'; Tull was also the first black officer to serve in the British Army, with group of MPs calling for posthumous military cross By Dev Trehan Last Updated: 23/03/18 6:07pm Link to article HERE
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Post by bunkerfan on Sept 28, 2018 6:40:10 GMT
WALTER TULL TO BE HONOURED IN ROYAL MAIL STAMPA set of six Special Stamps will be issued to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War and among those featured is former Cobbler Walter Tull. Tull was born in Folkestone in 1888 and orphaned after the death of his English mother and his Barbadian father. He became a professional footballer and played for Northampton Town. After war broke out, he served in the Footballers’ Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment and fought on the Somme. Commissioned in May 1917, Tull became the first mixed-race Army officer to command troops in a regular unit. After fighting in Italy, he returned to the Western Front. On 25 March 1918, he was killed in action. Having no known grave, Tull is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Walter Tull’s great nieces and nephews said: “We are honoured that this Royal Mail stamp is commemorating our great uncle Walter Tull, who died tragically 100 years ago during the First World War.
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