Battalions fraternised from the following regiments, Christmas 1914
Devonshire, Surrey, Manchester, Cheshire, Norfolk, Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Hampshire, Rifle Brigade, Somerset Light Infantry, London Rifle Brigade, East Lancashire, Lancashire Fusiliers, Field Ambulance,...
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Christmas 1914 There was, of course, more than one football match In the long line of unofficial truces That stretched all along the front in Flanders; Indeed, the matches themselves were a sort of climax, Punctuating the peace that started before Christmas With...
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When war broke out, the British public cried, ‘We’ll be in Berlin by Christmas’, But by Christmas thousands had died, As Mons, the Marne, Ypres and Messines cut Down the youth of Europe, while Flanders floods Drowned dying, dead and alive....
read moreRegiments from which Battalions Truced and Fraternised Christmas 1914
Devonshire, Surrey, Manchester, Cheshire, Norfolk, Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Hampshire, Rifle Brigade, Somerset Light Infantry, London Rifle Brigade, East Lancashire, Lancashire Fusiliers, Field Ambulance,...
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