Christmastime In Flanders Fields
"In Flanders fields, whence Christmas came, lay a blanket of glistening frost, hiding one's darkest transgressions, skeletons of stricken soldiers lost..." An original poem by Chris Waddington.
A Short Peace in a Terrible War
Living to 109, Alfred Anderson was the last man to pass who served during the 1914 Christmas Truce. These were his memories of that day.
When Normality Reigned
It reads like Hollywood legend. The notion that men who sought to kill each other hours earlier conversed freely is the height of absurdity. But it happened.
The Menin Gate — Memorial to the Missing
Almost 55,000 names carved into stone. Every evening at 8pm, the Last Post still rings out beneath the arch. A personal account of attending.
Princess Mary's Christmas Gift
A 17-year-old princess raised £150,000 to send brass tins of love to every soldier and sailor at the front in 1914.
Facts Behind The Fiction
Did the famous Christmas Truce football match really happen? The first-hand accounts say yes — but not quite the way you've heard.
Capturing Ypres — The Race to the Sea
A series of manoeuvres that ended in 35 miles of trenches — and the bloody stalemate that would define the Western Front.
Cultural Impact of the 1914 Truce
From Blackadder to Paul McCartney to a Sainsbury's advert — how a single night in 1914 keeps echoing through our culture.
Music of the Trenches
The marching songs and bitter parodies that helped men cope with the unending horror of the Western Front.
Diet of a WW1 Soldier
Bully beef, hard biscuits, and a cup of tea that masked the taste of petrol-tin water. What men actually ate in the trenches — plus a real Maconochie recipe.