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Articles
Walter Tull
DOCUMENTS
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While researching the local
connections of Walter Tull, we came across a number of
documents. Below is the note from the North Board School,
Folkestone, log book. On 23rd July 1897 is this entry: |
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| It reads: "Ed and Walter Tull left
today for Dr Stephenson's Homes." It records the day the
two boys left the school, to be cared for by the
orphanage in London |
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In the "bad old days" we used to
collect cigarette cards. Walter Tull was featured by one
manufacturer. This is a photocopy of the card; the
background patterns of the card are a dull red.
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| This is a copy of the
signature from Walter Tull's enlistment form. It is
dated 21st December 1914. |
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| Note that the name "Daniell"
is consistently spelt with two "l's" |
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Below is a copy of the card filled in when Walter's headteacher, Mr Mummery, at the North Board school
requested that his name be recorded on the War Memorial
at Folkestone. The address on the card is that of
Walter's brother, William. The memorial is shown on the
right; it is at the top of the Road of
Remembrance, down which the troops marched to
embark for the Western Front.
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There was also a memorial
erected at Walter Tull's old school. in 1921. It was of
polished walnut, designed by Mr Arthur Parsons,
and was unveiled on 29th April by Alderman
Spurgeon. 624 boys from the school had fought,
and of them 91 had died. Walter Tull was one of
the casualties whose name was on that memorial.
We have tried to find the
memorial but with no success. It may have been
destroyed when the school was damaged in the
second World War. If you have any information
about the memorial, do please
let us know. |
with grateful thanks to Pauline Davey for all
her help
with thanks to The Folkestone Herald for their assistance
and with thanks to the present headteacher and staff at Walter
Tull's old school.
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