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A PLAQUE to the Christmas Truce has been unveiled in the French village of Frelinghien. The plaque is on the spot where , on Christmas Day 1914, "A"
Company of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch
Fusiliers, the Machine-gun Company of the
Prussian Jäger Battalion Nr.6 and men of the
Saxon Infantry Regiment Nr.134 took part in
the Christmas truce. Read more.
THERE is to be a concert, Not A Shot Was Fired, featuring songs sung during the truce coupled with extracts from letters written by soldiers who took part in this remarkable event. It will be on Thursday, December 11th 2008 at Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven, Cumbria. Lesley and I are putting the concert on with the help of West Cumberland Choral Society directed by Dorothy Edger. Tickest (£6) from the Theatre on 01946 692422. See concert page for more details.
YOU can buy a copy of our book, Not A Shot Was Fired, which includes many of the letters discovered by our volunteers.
MASTHEAD PICTURE courtesy of The Salient Remembrance Detachment.
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