Another great man has left us.

syscom3 · Nov 21, 2005

LONDON (Reuters) - The last known surviving allied veteran of the Christmas Truce that saw German and British soldiers shake hands between the trenches in World War One died Monday at 109, his parish priest said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051121/od_nm/britain_veteran_dc

Gnomey · Nov 21, 2005

FLYBOYJ · Nov 21, 2005

evangilder · Nov 21, 2005

My wife just sent me that article. Rest well, Alfred.

trackend · Nov 21, 2005

Alf was one of the guys in that link I posted in the This guys cool thread

Nonskimmer · Nov 21, 2005

I couldn't imagine something like that Christmas Truce happening in the middle of a war today. What a surreal thing that must have been.

Rest in peace.

dhasdell · Nov 22, 2005

Daily Telegraph obituary:
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/...vet22.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/22/ixhome.html

102first_hussars · Nov 22, 2005

Lest We Forget

syscom3 · Nov 22, 2005

What a remarkable man!

dhasdell · Nov 22, 2005

Just seen a TV item about a new film "Merry Christmas" about the 1914 truce, to be released in UK on Dec 16.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Nov 23, 2005

Never shall be forgotten!

Another great man has left us.

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