Walter Tull’s Scrapbook (Hardback)

Book Description

Born in Kent, Walter Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) became one of Tottenham Hotspurs’ top players. When he joined the Footballers’ Battalion during the First World War, his leadership and courage won him a commission and a recommendation for the Military Cross. But Walter wasn’t just a great footballer and British officer. He happened to be black, at a time when the rule book stated that only white men could become officers. In personal jottings, photos and pictures, this scrapbook brings alive a man who lived outside the limitations of his age – from Walter’s childhood in an orphanage through his footballing years at Spurs and Northampton to the Western Front, highlighting the Christmas Day Truce of 1914, Walter’s officer training – pipe, moustache and all! – ending with his death on the Somme, his memorials and his legacy .