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Battle of Bamber Bridge

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35 defendants. It concluded on 18 September with seven acquittals and 28 convictions. Sentences for those convicted ranged from three months to 15 years, with seven sentences of 12 years or more. Reviews resulted in the release of one man and reductions in all other sentences. Fifteen of the men returned to duty in June 1944 and six other sentences were further reduced. The defendant with the longest sentence returned to duty after serving 13 months.
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William Byrd, who was black, defused the situation but, as the MPs left, a beer was thrown at their jeep. After the MPs picked up two reinforcements, they spoke to Captain Julius F. Hirst and Lieutenant Gerald C. Windsor, who told the MPs to do their duty and to arrest the black soldiers. A group of
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Two trials were conducted. In August, four of the black soldiers involved in the initial brawl were sentenced to hard labour, one to two and a half years and the others to three, and all to dishonourable discharges, with one of those convictions being overturned on review. The second trial involved
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Two MPs, Corporal Roy A. Windsor and Private First Class Ralph F. Ridgeway, responded to a report of trouble at a local pub. The MPs had standing orders to arrest soldiers who were out of camp without a pass, were disorderly, or were not in proper uniform. On entering the pub, they encountered one
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The black soldiers warned the locals to stay inside when a firefight broke out between them and the MPs, which resulted in seven wounded. The fighting stopped around 04:00 the next morning with an officer, three black soldiers, and one MP having been shot and two other MPs beaten. Eventually, the
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Some of the injured black soldiers returned to their base, but the killing caused panic as rumours began to spread that the MPs were out to shoot black soldiers. Although the colonel was absent, acting CO Major George C. Heris attempted to calm the situation. Lieutenant Edwin D. Jones, the unit's
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In a confrontation on the street afterwards, a white MP shot and killed Private William Crossland after Private Crossland drunkenly attacked the MP. More military police then arrived armed with machine guns and grenades, and black soldiers armed themselves with rifles from their base
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convicted 32 black soldiers of mutiny and related crimes, poor leadership and racist attitudes among the MPs were blamed as the cause. None of the white MPs were charged, including the one who killed the black soldier by shooting him in the back.
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armed with a large machine gun. That prompted black soldiers to arm themselves with weapons. Around two thirds of the rifles were taken, and a large group left the base in pursuit of the MPs. British police officers reported that the MPs set up a
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MPs intercepted the soldiers on Station Road as they returned to their base at Mounsey Road. As a fight broke out, the MPs opened fire, and one bullet struck Private William Crossland of the 1511th in the back and killed him.
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in the village, all three pubs reportedly posted "Black Troops Only" signs, although Harold Pollins found no information of this and deemed Burgess' story of the troops arming themselves with machine guns incorrect.
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On the evening of 24 June 1943, some soldiers from the 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment were drinking with the English villagers in Ye Olde Hob Inn. Details of how the incident developed differ between sources.
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In June 2022, a memorial garden commemorating the battle was created opposite the pub where the Battle of Bamber Bridge started. The incident inspired the plot of the film
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where racial tensions and clashes erupted between American soldiers on foreign soil. Clashes between American soldiers and local forces took place in Australia at the "
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Popular interest in the event increased in the late 1980s after a maintenance worker discovered bullet holes from the battle in the walls of a Bamber Bridge bank.
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siding with Nunn. One British soldier challenged the MPs by saying, "Why do you want to arrest them? They're not doing anything or bothering anybody."
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Reports of the mutiny were considerably censored, with newspapers disclosing only that violence had occurred in a town somewhere in
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only black officer, managed to persuade the soldiers that Heris would be able to round up the MPs and see that justice was done.
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to other Eighth Air Force bases in Lancashire. The 234th US Military Police Company was also in the village, on its north side.
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The event has been described as a "precursor to battles that would unfold on American streets for decades to come, during the
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By one later account, the violence left one man dead and seven people (five soldiers and two MPs) injured. Although a
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Truck Regiment for being out of uniform, a violation of the US Army Code of Conduct, in the Ye Olde Hob Inn
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soldiers returned to the base, and by the afternoon, all but four rifles had been recovered.
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
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hosted American servicemen from the 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, part of the
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However, at midnight, several jeeps full of MPs arrived at the camp, including one
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earlier that week, which had led to 34 deaths, including 25 black casualties.
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Actions against memorials in Great Britain during the George Floyd protests
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used the incident as material for his fictional account of wartime racism
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In June 2013, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the incident, the
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convicted 32 African American soldiers of mutiny and related crimes.
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Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military
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The Battle of Bamber Bridge was one of the several instances during
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held a symposium. It included a screening of the 2009 documentary
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African-American mutinies in the United States Armed Forces
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which was produced by Gregory Cooke, and a performance of
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involving American soldiers stationed in the village of
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Index

Western Front
World War II

Bamber Bridge
Lancashire
53°43′18″N 2°39′44″W / 53.7217°N 2.6621°W / 53.7217; -2.6621
Charged
Battle of Bamber Bridge is located in Lancashire
Battle of Bamber Bridge is located in the United Kingdom
racial violence
Bamber Bridge
1943 Detroit race riot
white
military police
African American
racially segregated
Quartermaster
public house
armoury
court martial
Second World War
Bamber Bridge
Eighth Air Force
Royal Air Force Air Cadets
logistics
materiel
US Armed Forces were still racially segregated
race riots in Detroit
Anthony Burgess
colour bar

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