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I saw this little article in my daily paper and thought it quite touching.
XMAS TRUCE NOTE ON SALE
A poignant souvenir of the First World War Christmas truce of 1914 is expected to fetch £600 at auction today.
Bernard Brookes left his trench to get the signatures and addresses of three German soldiers on a page of his Army pay book during the ceasefire.
The rifleman, from London, wrote in his diary: "It was arranged that at the end of the war we would write one to the other if we came through safely."
The page will be sold at Bonhams in London.
I wonder if they all survived and if ever did get in touch with each other. Ah!
Stephanie.
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