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Radio Northampton,5 mins
WW1: Walking in the footsteps of the first black British army officer
Mark DeanAvailable for over a year
This year sees the centenary of the start of World War One. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has teamed up with the Imperial War Museum to explore how the conflict affected life at home. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Northampton has been looking at how the Great War impacted on the lives of people in Northamptonshire. One of them was Northampton Town footballer and the first black British army officer, Walter Tull. In this extract, another former Cobblers player, Clarke Carlisle, walks in the footsteps of one Northampton's most famous sons.
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