WALTER TULL’S SCRAPBOOK IS THE BRILLIANT NEW BOOK FROM MICHAELA WHICH TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF THIS BLACK ORPHAN, FOOTBALLER AND WAR HERO. THIS FICTIONAL ACCOUNT TELLS WALTER’S LIFE IN HIS OWN WORDS, WITH ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS.

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.

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