Merry Christmas, gentlemen.
Official caption: “British and German officers meeting in No-Man’s Land during the unofficial ‘Christmas truce,’ Dec. 25, 1914. British troops from the Northumberland Yeomanry (Hussars), 7th Division, Bridoux-Rouge Banc Sector.”
Photo by (Hon.) Harold Burge Robson, IWM Q 50721
Same details, Q 50719 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022262
A fairly decent doc on the encounter, below.
On the occasion of the centennial of the first Christmas Truce, the event where British and German soldiers of the King and Kaiser put down their arms and joined in football games and general merry making in No Man’s Land on Dec.25 1914, German and UK troops assigned to ISAF in Afghanistan met once again in team combat for a rematch.
No word on the final score.
It should prove interesting to see the context of the next game in 2114.
“A Christmas Truce – British and Germans Fraternise, December 1914 Soldiers of the rival armies exchanged sweets, cigars and cigarettes, and sang carols and sung in unison”
An ink drawing from the front page of ‘The Sphere‘ illustrated newspaper dated the 9th of January 1915. (Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)