The Role of Runners and Messengers

Dec 5, 2022 ... Walter Tull was a trailblazer. But when World War I broke out, he became the first Black officer in the British army to lead a battalion. Mar 23, 2018 ... Walter Tull: The incredible story of a football pioneer and war hero · He was one of English football's first black players and the British ... Racialised as Black, he was one of the first Mixed-Race players in first class English football (Vasili, 2010: 110-126). ... Walter Tull, footballer to solider ( ... Mar 29, 2018 ... Charlton supporters invited to join Northampton Town's Good Friday tribute to Walter Tull ... © 2025 Charlton Athletic Football Club. Nov 1, 2010 ... He was the first Black outfield player to play in the English. Football League. He was also the first Black officer in the British Army and was ... Jan 4, 2014 ... Before the war, Mr Walter Tull played professional football with Tottenham Hotspur and. Northampton, and joined the Army in September 1914 ... Jan 5, 2011 ... Dan Lyndon, Roger Wade Walker ... Walter Tull was a successful footballer and officer in the British Army in World War One. These achievements are ... Walter Tull was the first black football player within professional British football leagues and the first black army officer within Britain. Mar 25, 2018 ... Tull was cited for his “gallantry and coolness” during the Italian offensive of that year after safely leading 26 men on a night raiding party. Walter was a professional footballer who played insider for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town before 1914 and was one of only a handful of Black ...