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There have been confirmed black soldiers in the British Army since the 17th Century; black soldiers from London and other British ports fought at Waterloo, not to mention the hundreds of Jamaican troops who formed West Indian Regiments to protect British interests during this era.
During the American War of Independence, around 20,000 African-American slaves escaped from their Patriot masters and joined the British to fight against America because the British promised them their freedom.
Thousands of black troops enlisted in the British and Commonwealth Armies in WW1 to protect the British Empire; the first recorded black British army officer was active in this period: Captain Walter Tull.
In modern times, the British Army has increasing numbers of black soldiers in it; both black and mixed-race Brits and those born overseas such as Jamaicans and West Africans. These soldiers make up a significant percentage of British Forces.
There is also a possibility that Edward "The Black Prince" was mixed race; his mother, Queen Phillipa is thought to have been a black African. This would mean that the English Army had a commanding officer of partly black ancestry as early as 1346.
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