Facebook Petition for awarding Walter Tull a Posthumous Military Cross.
Walter Tull
Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in Bethnal Green. His brother left the orphanage two years later, was adopted by a Scottish family and became a dentist. Meanwhile, Walter played for the orphanage football team, and in 1908, began playing for Clapton FC. Within a few months he had won winners’ medals in the FA Amateur Cup, London County Amateur Cup and London Senior Cup. In March 1909 the Football Star called him ‘the catch of the season’.
In 1909 he signed as a professional for Tottenham Hotspur, and experienced for the first time spectator racism when Spurs travelled to play Bristol City. According to one observer, ‘a section of the spectators made a cowardly attack on him in language lower than Billingsgate.’
He was the first British-born black army officer and the first black officer to lead white British troops into battle.
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PLEASE SUPPORT THE WALTER TULL CAMPAIGN BY SIGNING THE ONLINE PETITIONS:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/waltertull/index.html
Below an online petition calling on Spurs FC to erect a memorial to Walter Tull as part of the redevelopment of the White Hart Lane ground. It is an ideal opportunity to honour his memory and the suggestion is a conventional statue that will be a constant visible reminder to the local community and all visiting supporters of this remarkable man’s life.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/waltertullmemorialTHFC
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How long and in how many ways, does it take for a wrong to be made right? Clearly in this case, at least 100 years but do it we must… together in unity.
Hope you signed the petition – in solidarity
I have also created an online petition calling on Spurs to erect a
memorial to Walter Tull as part of the redevelopment of White Hart Lane.
It is an ideal opportunity to honour his memory and I have suggested a
conventional statue that will be a constant visible reminder to the
local community and all visiting supporters of this remarkable man’s
life. I would be grateful if you could support this cause and sign up at
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/waltertullmemorialTHFC
Thanks PB. As you can see we updated our post. One or two of us down here have spent time ‘up country’ on the Spurs Manor. We think it would be good to see that statue. We know a lot of local people up there who agree.
Here we are again presented with an opportunity for our public authorities to make good on the statute which, placed a general duty on public authorities to promote: equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different racial groups.
At a time that we see the rise of the BNP and a media blind eye turned to the legitimate place of native black people of the United Kingdom in the representation of our society, there is an even grater urgency for action on this issue to promote the positive contribution of BME people in British society. A function that public authorities have a duty to act upon in Law. It is clear that Walter Tull is Worthy of this Posthumous Military Cross.
Careful Rupert you may well find certain people rubbishing BSWN soon. Thanks for the comment – we agree and note how the Lawrence Report recommendations are presently being sidelined by HM Government.