Tull

Mystery of grave of one of Britain’s first black officers Walter Tull may have been solved

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Walter Tull’s father, Daniel, was from Barbados but emigrated to Britain as a 20-year-old in 1876. He found work as a carpenter and married a local girl, Alice Palmer, four years later, before having Walter and his brother Edward. His mother tragically died of cancer when Walter was just seven years old and his father … Read more

Mystery of grave of one of Britain’s first black officers Walter Tull may have been solved

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Walter Tull’s father, Daniel, was from Barbados but emigrated to Britain as a 20-year-old in 1876. He found work as a carpenter and married a local girl, Alice Palmer, four years later, before having Walter and his brother Edward. His mother tragically died of cancer when Walter was just seven years old and his father … Read more