Tag Archive | "WW1"
Posted on 14 October 2010. Tags: BHM, Black Britons, Black History Month, Caribbean Aircrew, Military, RAF, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, WW2, Walter Tull, schools
by P Gregory: Owner Editor of the Black Presence Website.
So Black History month 2010 is upon us, and as I sit here and take a breather after working hard to get the website to this state of readiness, I wonder how long it will be before the mud starts flying?
Black History Month, is at best ...
Posted in Africa, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Europe, Military, Politics, Racism, War
Posted on 07 October 2010. Tags: WW1, Walter Tull, black soldiers
Warning: Some of this content may not be suitable for younger viewers.
Brilliant Drama about Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army who was also the first black footballer to score a goal in british football. Starring the talented O-T Fagbenle and written by award winner Kwame Kwei Armah
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Military, Racism, Video, War
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Blacks in WW1, French Army, POW, Prisoner, Senegalese, WW1, black soldiers
"Die Farbiger", originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
A coloured French soldier (Troupes de Marine), most likely Senegalese is singled out to have his photograph taken with a Uhlan NCO and military official. Many of the Senegalese and other colonial troops were in the Troupes de Marine and were reported to have fought with incredible valour and great ...
Posted in Africa, Education, Europe, Men, Politics, War
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: African Trioops, French soldiers, Senegalese Soldiers, The Great War, WW1, World War 1, black soldiers
Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120, originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
Three French Prisonniers de Guerre / Landwehr Inftr Regt Nr 120
Letter on reverse (below) with admin stamp from Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 120 and postage cancelled 8.6.1918 at an unspecified location.
Three French Prisonniers de Guerre, two of whom are Senegalese 'colonials'.
In late 1915 ...
Posted in Africa, Europe, Men, Military, Politics, War
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: African soldiers, African troops, French Army, Great war, Senegalese Soldiers, WW1, Western Front
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Posted in Africa, Education, Europe, Men, Politics, War
Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Africans, Belgium, Germany, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, War
A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914, originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914
Note on reverse (see below) dated 28.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located in Etterbeek ...
Posted in Africa, Education, Europe, Men, War
Posted on 02 October 2009. Tags: German Africa, German East Africa, King's African Rifles, Schutztruppen, WW1, West African Frontier Force, World War 1
German East Africa, campaign in (1914-18). In 1914 Germany possessed four colonies in sub-Saharan Africa: Togoland, Cameroons, South-West Africa (now Namibia), and East Africa (now Tanzania). The fight for the fourth of these has most captured the public imagination. The last German troops did not surrender until two weeks after the Armistice in Europe, on ...
Posted in Africa, Men, Politics, Racism, War
Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: Armed forces, Army, Military Cross, Political Campaign, Posthumous Medal, Somme, WW1, Walter Tull, black soldiers, blacks in the armed forces, football
An MP has begun campaigning for the Military Cross to be awarded posthumously to a former Northampton Town footballer killed in World War I.
Walter Tull, the first black infantry officer in the British Army, was mentioned in dispatches for "gallantry and coolness" on the Italian Front.
He died in action in 1918, but because his family ...
Posted in Black Britain, Blackpresence Supports, Community, Education, Europe, Politics, Racism, Sports, War
Posted on 05 March 2009. Tags: British armed Forces, Racism, Soccer, The Great War, Tottenham, WW1, Walter Tull, War, black soldiers, football
Walter Tull was the first black outfield footballer in Britain. Born in Folkestone in 1888 he was of mixed parentage…….>>
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Europe, War
Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: Africa, Black, Britain, Caribbean, Soldiers, Troops, WW1, War, black soldiers
During the first world War the Caribbean sent a great many soldiers to aid the British war effort .
The British West India regiment fought in Africa and in Europe. They were generally used as advance troops and field attendants, they sustained heavy losses. Many of the troops who were wounded were brought back to ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History Month, Caribbean