Call to honour first black army officer

A cross-party group of MPS is calling for the first black British Army officer to be awarded a posthumous Military Cross.

The campaign to honour Walter Tull has been backed by 127 MPS who have written to Prime Minister Theresa May seeking the recognition.

The move comes ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of Mr Tull, who was also one of the first black professional footballers, this Sunday. He was commissioned in 1917 despite regulations forbidding “any negro or person of colour” from being an officer.