tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post3767344774325546057..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: African Troops Fighting in Europesnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37704735096085046872020-12-18T05:31:06.762-08:002020-12-18T05:31:06.762-08:00The West African Regiment was a colonial formation...The West African Regiment was a colonial formation.James Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028668583450784323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-24297331457756974762020-12-17T16:02:11.889-08:002020-12-17T16:02:11.889-08:00Walter Tull, the only black officer to command whi...Walter Tull, the only black officer to command white British troops in WW1, and only the second black footballer in a League team, was a British resident, so does not count among the colonial troops discussed in the article. The POW mentioned by James Patton was probably also not colonial as such. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-9122195507263471192020-12-17T12:56:24.181-08:002020-12-17T12:56:24.181-08:00Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March ...Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent.<br />During the First World War, Tull served in the Middlesex Regiment, including in the two Footballers' Battalions. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 30 May 1917 and killed in action on 25 March 1918. <br />I found this information David F Beernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-21716590822557583662020-12-17T11:32:04.420-08:002020-12-17T11:32:04.420-08:00In my research, all sources have agreed with Mr. K...In my research, all sources have agreed with Mr. Koller in stating that there were no African soldiers in the BEF. However, I saw a tantalizing photograph in Stand To! about eight years ago, which shows an African in a British uniform with a West African Regiment cap badge being guarded by two German soldiers. No one has ever explained this photograph to me.James Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028668583450784323noreply@blogger.com