Northampton. Sunday March 25th 2018. Which is the 100th anniversary of the death of former Northampton football town player Walter Tull, he was one of English footballs first black players and the British Army’s first ever black officer to command white troops, Second Lieutenant Walter Tull died while engaged in combat near Arras in Northern France. He was 29. Memorial at Sixfields football stadiam. Credit: Keith J Live News Credit: Keith J Live News

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