Posted on 01 October 2009.
Vincent Bunting was born in Panama in June 1918 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a fighter pilot and joined No 611 Squadron in December 1942. After being promoted to Warrant Officer, Bunting served with No 132 Squadron flying Spitfires. In October 1944 he was transferred to No 154 Squadron. Whilst leaded ...
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Posted on 16 March 2009.
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 ...
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Posted on 05 April 1997.
A black soldier was subjected to brutal racism, including physical assaults in which his room-mates tried to scrub him "clean and white", it was alleged last night. The Army said it has received allegations from Rifleman Clive Walker of the Royal Green Jackets that he suffered racial abuse and assaults at the hands of a number ...
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