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Walter Tull: Black footballer and war hero remembered at Cenotaph

One of English football's first black players and the British Army's first ever black officer to command white troops has been celebrated as part of Armistice Day commemorations.

Actor Nicholas Bailey paid tribute to former Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town player Walter Tull at the Cenotaph in London.

The 2nd Lt died in March 1918, during World War One.

Mr Bailey said he was "an exceptional human being".

Armistice Day commemorations took place across the country earlier, including at the Cenotaph where poppy wreaths were laid.

Nicholas Bailey at the CenotaphNicholas Bailey at the Cenotaph
Image caption, Actor Nicholas Bailey started researching Walter Tull's life in 1998

Mr Bailey, who is best known for playing Anthony Trueman in EastEnders, said a few words about Mr Tull before reading the John McCrae poem In Flanders Fields.