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Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
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Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part. The Khaki Chums (The Association of Military Remembrance) Cross was placed here on the 85th Anniversary of the truce and in December 2003 it was replaced by the current wooden cross. Since about that time the habit of placing footballs at memorials in the area began. The practice even extended to Messines (Mesen). Date: 2015
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© Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
2003 2015 24th 25th 85th Anniversary Area Association Battalion Bavarians Began Bruce Chums Current Extended Footballs Habit Held Ieper Khaki Memorials Messines Placing Practice Regiment Remembrance Replaced Since Truce Warwickshire Ypres Yvon
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