Walter tull biography phil vasili

  • This is a biography of one of the first black officer's in the British Army.
  • Phil Vasili was born in London but grew up in Cambridge, Kent and Essex (with a brief spell in Cyprus as a 9 year old).
  • Walter Tull was black and British, born in Folkestone to a Jamaican immigrant carpenter and a local girl.

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    Publications:

    Race and Class: a journal for black and third world liberation, (Institute of Race Relations, ) Vol 38, No 2, by Phil Vasili (Walter Tull’s principle biographer)

    Synopsis of Walter Tull’s life

    Page 51, ‘Walter Daniel Tull, – : soldier, footballer and Black,

     

     

    Research in African Literatures: the African Diaspora and its’ origins (Indiana University Press, ) Vol 29, No 4, by Polly Rewt

    Page 3, photo and family background of Walter Tull

     

     

    From Claret to Khaki (Woodford Books ), by Rod Wickens

    First published biography of Walter Tull

     

    Not Forgotten (Hodder and Stoughton ), by Neil Oliver

    Book accompanying Channel 4 series on World War 1

    Pages – , illustrations pages 24 and 25

     

     

    The Story of Walter Tull: professional black footballer and first black officer in the British Army (Northampton Black History Association )

    An illustrated booklet for young people, telling the story of Walter Tull’s life.

     

     

    Shots from the Front: the British Soldier – (Harper Press ), by Richard Holmes

    Pages 68 and 69 with photos

     

     

    When the Whistle Blows (Haynes Publishing, ), by Andrew Riddoch and John Kemp

    The story of the 17th Middlesex Regiment, the Footballers’ Batta

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    I'm dividing this review of 'Walter Tull, Officer, Footballer' into four parts: the chronology, the storytelling, additional insights and editorial matters.

    The Chronology of Walter Tull's Story 

    Walter Tull was black and British, born in Folkestone to a Jamaican immigrant carpenter and a local girl. He was one of five children. His story has multiple layers from his genteel, hard working class Methodist roots in Folkestone to his experience as an orphan being raised in a London home, through success as a football player and his short career in the army during the First World War as a Private,  then as an Officer. Vasili is thorough with the spine of the story, though occasionally he does indulge a topic or person that is 'out on the limb' - the story of Walter's older brother Edward, who shared the orphanage experience and was then adopted makes sense, though the stories of other black footballers and athletes who served in the Great War hints at a future book; it is too easy to disappear down the proverbial research 'rabbit hole' to see where an idea might go or to see how it unfolds to see where experiences differ or not - here a firmer editorial hand would have been of value. What works well are the stories and

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