KS2 (ENG), KS2 (NI), CfE L2 (SCO), PS3 (WAL), KS3 (ENG), KS4 (ENG), KS3 (NI), KS4 (NI), CfE L4 (SCO), CfE L3 (SCO), KS3 (WAL), KS4 (WAL)
This statue was commissioned by Northampton Borough Council to commemorate Walter Tull, a professional footballer who joined Northampton Town Football Club in 1911. In 1914 he enlisted in the army and later became one of Britain's first Black army officers.
This video explores Walter Tull's experiences as an army officer during the First World War.
For more information about Walter Tull and army life past and present, and further resources about the Black and Asian soldiers, visit the National Army Museum.
The National Army Museum is a leading authority on the British Army and its impact on society past and present.
Warrington Road, 1917 c.1926
Richard Tennant Cooper (1885–1957)
The Working Party, c.1917 c.1918
Richard Tennant Cooper (1885–1957)
Somewhere at the Front, Soldiers Around a Camp Fire at Night, Western Front c.1915
Fred Roe (1864–1947)
Soldiers Marching Past Ruined Farm Buildings, Haunted by the Ghost of a Comrade, Western Front c.1918
Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)
A Driver, The WSL c.1917
Godfrey Herbert Brennan (1875–1948)
Horse-drawn Transports (possibly an artillery train), Passing the Ruined Cloth Hall, Ypres, 1917 1917
Gilbert Joseph Holiday (1879–1937)
