Talk:Battle of Bamber Bridge

Aftermath?
What punishment was given to the black soldiers after they were found guilty of mutiny? We’re the MPs disciplined? What about the white officers? The black officer? Isa.Alsup (talk) 18:06, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I've added info to the article, including info on this, here. There is a minor disconnect re the number of soldiers involved between the source I've cited there and another previously cited source. I have not seen that other source and I've glossed over that difference. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 07:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

General Eaker's actions, etc.
This edit happened to catch my eye. If this edit had been made from a registered user ID, I probably would have commented on the user talk page. However, the edit is anonymous and is the only edit made from that IP address. I don't disagree with the edit, but the edit summary bothers me.

The edit eliminates content which does have a problem, but I disagree with the perception of the problem. The problem I see with the content which the edit eliminates is in the snipped reading, "he combined the Black trucking units", and is the presence word "Black" there. That word, and the assertion it produces that the trucking units were segregated, is not supported by the sources cited in support. Page 229 here in one of those cited sources says, "Eaker combined the dispersed trucking units in England into a special command, ...", without any implication of either those units or that command being racially segregated, and the text there goes on to mention white members of that command. Simply removing the word "Black" would have addressed that problem. As I said, though, I don't disagree with the edit as it was done.

While looking at this, the sentence reading, "Although there were several more racial incidents between Black and White American troops in Britain during the war, none was on the scale of that of Bamber Bridge." caught my eye. As presented in the article, this sentence relies on the same two sources cited in support of that other content for support. That assertion seems not unreasonable but, though I have not combed the cited sources for support, I didn't see any support there. I haven't done anything in the article to address that but, having noticed it, I thought I would mention it here. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 17:32, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Anyone can try to fix

 * "British police officers reported aimed that". 89.8.144.217 (talk) 11:50, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

The last sentence in the Aftermath section appears formulated to evoke emotion and encourage discontent rather than present information in a non-partisan manner
"This event serves as a historical marker in the ongoing struggle for civil rights and equality within the United States." LMikejl (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2023 (UTC)