LEADER 02921nam 22004932 450 001 9910798748503321 005 20220412142341.0 010 $a1-78138-861-X 010 $a1-78138-427-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000871354 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781384275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4779115 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11326041 035 $a(OCoLC)959595571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779115 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000871354 100 $a20170307d2015|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlack Tommies $eBritish soldiers of African descent in the First World War /$fRay Costello$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). 311 $a1-78138-019-8 311 $a1-78138-018-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aBlack Tommies is the first book entirely dedicated to the part played by soldiers of African descent in the British regular army during the First World War. If African colonial troops have been ignored by historians, the existence of any substantial narrative around Black British soldiers enlisting in the United Kingdom during the First World War is equally unknown, even in military circles. Much more material is now coming to light, such as the oral testimony of veterans, and the author has researched widely to gather fresh and original material for this fascinating book from primary documentary sources in archives to private material kept in the metaphorical (and actual) shoe boxes of descendants of black Tommies.Reflecting the global nature of the conflict, Black Tommies takes us on a journey from Africa to the Caribbean and North America to the streets of British port cities such as Cardiff, Liverpool and those of North Eastern England. This exciting book also explodes the myth of Second Lieutenant Walter Tull being the first, or only, black officer in the British Army and endeavours to give the narrative of black soldiers a firm basis for future scholars to build upon by tackling an area of British history previously ignored. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xBlack people$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Black 606 $aSoldiers, Black$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xBlack people 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Black. 615 0$aSoldiers, Black$xHistory 676 $a940.4/124108996 700 $aCostello$b R.$0866197 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798748503321 996 $aBlack Tommies$93751733 997 $aUNINA