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Walter Tull

EDM number 1851 in 2007-08, proposed by Brian Binley on 20/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Cultural heritage and Sports.

That this House remembers Walter Tull for his contribution to British sport as a professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town football clubs; expresses its sincere gratitude for his lesser-known role as a soldier who fought in the 17th Middlesex Regiment during the First World War; notes that he was accepted for Officer Training and appointed to a Commission in the Special Reserve of Officers in 1917; remembers that he sadly lost his life as an officer of the 23rd Middlesex regiment in 1918; notes that his Commanding Officer mentioned him in despatches for his `gallantry and coolness' on the Italian Front and recommended him for a Military Cross; regrets that he was not awarded the Cross because, as a British citizen of non-European descent, he should not have been commissioned at all; and calls upon the Government to right this sizeable injustice by posthumously awarding him the Military Cross for his gallantry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Binley20/06/2008Northampton SouthConservativeProposed
Stephen Hepburn20/06/2008JarrowLabourSeconded
Eric Illsley20/06/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSeconded
Brian Jenkins20/06/2008TamworthLabourSeconded
Mark Lancaster20/06/2008North East Milton KeynesConservativeSeconded
Adam Holloway20/06/2008GraveshamConservativeSeconded
Lee Scott20/06/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter20/06/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Walker20/06/2008BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser20/06/2008South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans20/06/2008Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Ashok Kumar20/06/2008Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle23/06/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/06/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell24/06/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/06/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Graham Stringer24/06/2008Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing24/06/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
David Simpson25/06/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Peter Bottomley25/06/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
William McCrea25/06/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Greg Pope26/06/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/06/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock30/06/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson02/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Edward Timpson03/07/2008Crewe and NantwichConservativeSigned
Ken Purchase03/07/2008Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Stewart Jackson03/07/2008PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Greg Hands03/07/2008Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Nadine Dorries03/07/2008Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Philip Davies03/07/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Peter Bone03/07/2008WellingboroughConservativeSigned
Anthony D Wright03/07/2008Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton03/07/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Robert Syms03/07/2008PooleConservativeSigned
Adrian Bailey03/07/2008West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Robert Goodwill03/07/2008Scarborough and WhitbyConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington03/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
James Clappison03/07/2008HertsmereConservativeSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/07/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale03/07/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
John Hayes03/07/2008South Holland and The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Stephen Pound03/07/2008Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Tim Boswell03/07/2008DaventryConservativeSigned
Bob Russell07/07/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil07/07/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Jeremy Browne07/07/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ben Wallace07/07/2008Lancaster and WyreConservativeSigned
Iain Duncan Smith07/07/2008Chingford and Woodford GreenConservativeSigned
Alan Keen07/07/2008Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Tim Farron18/11/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Grogan20/11/2008SelbyLabourSigned
Steve Webb24/11/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned

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