Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4508988

Reference: WO372/20

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4513248

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5476860

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Dan60

UPP: BMD/B/1888/2/AZ/000578/250

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5503748

Title: Walter Tull on Wikipedia

Description: Wikipedia entry for Walter Tull listing biographical details

Connected by: Jo6

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull
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Additional: Name, dates, and military details match

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ID: 5504008

Title: Walter Tull

Description: In uniform.

Connected by: Lynn203

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ID: 5504050

Title: Who is Walter Tull

Description: Website.

Connected by: Lynn203

URL: http://www.waltertull.com/the_walter_tull_story.html
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Additional: The names and birth and death dates match.

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ID: 5504287

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_aro1

Title: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription

Connected by: Jo6

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARO1/000361/052

Additional: Name, regiment and rank match. Year of death matches that given in Wikipedia.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5519635

Name: Fo/AC6/5/2

Title: Folkestone Borough Roll of Honour & Certificate of Glory Cards

Description: Folkestone Borough Roll of Honour & Certificate of Glory Cards held at the Kent History & Library Centre, Maidstone

Connected by: Rob1245

URL: http://www.dswebhosting.info/Kent/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Fo%2fA%2fC%2f6%2f5%2f2&pos=1
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Additional: The person's names match and are confirmed by other military details plus a reference to a name and address of a family member.

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ID: 6160975

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

Description: Rank:Second LieutenantDate of Death:25/03/1918Age:29Regiment/Service:Middlesex Regiment 5th Bn. attd. 23rd Bn. (formerly 17th Bn.) Panel ReferenceBay 7.MemorialARRAS MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of the late Daniel Tull; brother of Edward Tull-Warnock, of 419, St. Vincent St., Glasgow. Former professional footballer with Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town, he was also previously a FA Amateur Cup Winner with Clapton FC. He played more than a hundred first team games for Northampton Town before the First World War intervened.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/778015/TULL,%20WALTER%20DANIEL%20JOHN
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ID: 6658299

Title: Walter Tull to feature on new £5 coin (Guardian article)

Description: Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army, to feature on £5 coin. Tull, also one of Britain’s first black footballers, was killed in France in March 1918 after heroic war service.

Connected by: Jo6

URL: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/03/walter-tull-first-black-officer-british-army-coin
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Additional: All details match

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ID: 7443731

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/609081

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7616245

Title: Walter was recommended for the Military Cross

Description: In a most moving letter written on April 17th 1918 he writes about the death of Tull stating: “Being at present in command of the 6th Battalion (the Captain was wounded) allows me to say how popular he was throughout the Battalion. He was brave and conscientious; and had been recommended for the Military Cross, and had certainly earned it. Now he has faced the supreme sacrifice, the Battalion and Company have lost a faithful officer, personally I have lost friend. Can I say more! Accept that I hope that those who remain may be as true and faithful as he. Yours sincerely Captain D Peckard”

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ID: 7616257

Title: Walter Tull Petition

Description: Petition calling upon David Cameron to posthumously award Walter Tull the Military Cross for which he was recommended but never received.

Connected by: Melvyn54695

URL: https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-david-cameron-to-posthumously-award-walter-tull-the-military-cross-2
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Additional: In recognition of his bravery.

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ID: 7616749

Title: British Council Football Remembers Resource

Description: Brief biography

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/sites/so/files/files/Football%20Remembers%20New%20sources.pdf
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Additional: Matches Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

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ID: 8448893

Title: Walter Tull

Description: Portrait

Connected by: Peter5151

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ID: 8451887

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: MARY2719

UPP: GBC/1891/0006014222

Additional: Census

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8451895

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: MARY2719

UPP: GBC/1901/0006874874

Additional: Census

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8456758

Name: 15 June 1917 Supplement:30134 Page:5970

Title: Commission as 2nd Lt - London Gazette

Description: the official public record

Connected by: Fife3190

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30134/supplement/5970
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Additional: Details match

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ID: 8668177

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07071/0443/7

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8668197

Title: Walter Tull on Clapton FC website

Description: Link to 18 page booklet, too: http://claptonfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WalterTTTbooklet.pdf

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://claptonfc.com/about-us/walter-tull/
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ID: 8668248

Title: Gerald Henry Cove life story

Description: Did he and Walter Tull have a connection via Clapton FC?

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6551293
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Additional: Tull stayed the night with the Cove family, former residents of Clapton in the 1880s, on the eve of the 1911 Census

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ID: 8741990

Title: Bonner Road, Bethnal Green

Description: This is a vintage map of National Children's Home, 84 Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom. The orphanage has long since closed, and is now the site of St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 8757820

Name: www.britishlegion.org.uk

Title: " Walter Tull's remarkable career as a footballer and a soldier."

Description: From Royal British Legion's website Sport remembers: ( 4 April 2016).

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-against-the-odds-walter-tull-s-remarkable-career-as-a-footballer-and-a-soldier/
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Additional: The Royal British Legion page concerns Second Lieutenant Walter Tull born 1888 - sadly killed in action on the 25th March 1918.

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ID: 8762177

Name: The London Gazette, 15 June 1917,Supplement: 30134, Page: 5970

Title: Commissioned as an officer

Description: Special Reserve of Officers The undermentioned from an Officer Cadet unit to be 2nd Lts:- Infantry 30th May 1917 Midd'x R. - Walter Daniel Tull. William Richard Green

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30134/supplement/5970
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ID: 8762179

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1023103

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8773830

Name: Royal British Legion Somme 100 Sport Remembers

Title: Against the odds. The first mixed-race combat officer in the British Army.

Description: RBL website to remember the sportsmen who served and sacrificed at the Battle of Somme.

Connected by: Deborah102878

URL: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-against-the-odds-walter-tull-s-remarkable-career-as-a-footballer-and-a-soldier/
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ID: 8773832

Title: Pride and Industry

Description: flag and motto

Connected by: Deborah102878

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ID: 8773855

Title: Walter Tull c1910

Description: Walter Tull during his time playing for Tottenham Football Club

Connected by: Deborah102878

Additional: Photo courtesy of Royal British Legion website (source unknown)

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ID: 8885782

Name: Great War Forum

Title: Black soldiers in WW1 British Army

Description: Mention of Walter Tull and others of afro-caribbean heritage who served in the Great War, with photographic evidence.

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12969-black-soldiers-in-ww1-british-army/
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ID: 9225768

Title: Memorial Plaque

Description: The Bandstand, The Leas, Folkestone

Connected by: David132462

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ID: 9273901

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07316/0075/7

Additional: Address during the period September 1909 - October 1911. It can be seen that rooms to single men are being let in the property. It is unclear if Tull was residing here at the time of the census,when staying with Clapton FC friends in Mill Hill RG14PN7316 RG78PN356 RD132 SD4 ED7 SN38

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9273918

Name: Posted on centenarynews.com on 23 October 2014

Title: Walter Tull honoured with plaque in London

Description: 'The blue plaque is the latest honour for Tull. In September 2014, Britain's Royal Mint announced that he'd be remembered on a £5 coin being produced as part of a First World War commemorative series.'

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://www.centenarynews.com/article/pioneering-footballer-and-ww1-soldier-walter-tull-honoured-with-plaque-in-london-
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ID: 9273944

Title: Blue Plaque

Description: One of three plaques to Walter Tull, the others being in nearby Clapton, and in Folkestone

Connected by: Keith1947

Additional: Shared and reused for non-commercial purposes from http://www.centenarynews.com

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ID: 9273993

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/08554/0017/2

Additional: Future address of Walter Tull, his lodgings rented via Annie Williams

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9274892

Title: From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project

Description: Subject(s): Walter Tull Sport: Football Location: Northampton Guildhall, St Giles' Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK Unveiled: 4-July-2017 Sculptor: Richard Austin Material: Bronze Status: In Situ

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/STFB_Tull_Walter.htm
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ID: 9274894

Title: Statue

Description: Statue unveiled on 4 July 2017

Connected by: Keith1947

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ID: 9274933

Name: Northamptonshire Telegraph article Thursday 15 February 2018

Title: Plaque to be unveiled in Rushden

Description: A plaque is set to unveiled at the house where Walter Tull, the first black British infantry officer to lead troops into battle, lived. Rushden & District History Society will be unveiling a blue plaque at 26, Queen Street in Rushden to mark the centenary of the death of Walter Tull. Walter was one of the first black professional footballers who played for Tottenham Hotspur before being transfered to Northampton Town in 1911 where he made 110 appearances before his career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War One. During his time with the Cobblers, he was befriended by fellow professional and Rushden man Eric Thompson who brought him to Rushden where Walter lodged in Queen Street. He enlisted in the Army [on 21st December 1914] and after three quick promotions was made a sergeant. Walter was selected for officer training and in 1917 was sent to the Italian front having been made a 2nd lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment.

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/plaque-to-be-unveiled-in-rushden-in-memory-of-pioneering-footballer-and-soldier-1-8378102
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