100th anniversary of Christmas truce

"This remembrance ceremony pays tribute to the soldiers who expressed, a hundred years ago, their humanity by playing football together."

Thu, 11 Dec, 2014 - 16:25

Picture: Press Association

Dignitaries gathered in Belgium on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce between German and Allied troops during the First World War.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: Belgium Place: Ploegsteert Wood Place: Comines-Warneton Place: Plugstreet Place: Ploegsteert Place: Warneton Place: Ploegsteert, Belgium Place: Germany Place: UK Place: Wales Place: National Memorial Arboretum Place: Staffordshire Place: Newcastle Place: England Place: Aldershot Town Place: Hampshire Person: Platini Person: Gilbert Deleu Person: president Person: Michel Platini Person: Eckart Cuntz Person: Chris Barker Person: Ken Skates Person: Duke of Cambridge Person: William Person: Spencer Turner Person: Theo Walcott Event: Christmas Truce Event: First World War Event: Great War Event: Christmas 1914 Event: Armistice Event: Christmas Event: Football Remembers Memorial Event: Game of Truce Organisation: Press Association Organisation: European Organisation: UEFA Organisation: 10th Essex Regiment Organisation: Premier League Organisation: FA Organisation: Football League Organisation: British Council Organisation: Arsenal Organisation: British Army

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