British soldiers travelled to France to play a football match against German soldiers on the exact spot where, on Christmas Day 1914, their regimental ancestors came out of their trenches to play football in a rare day of humanity amidst the horrors of the First World War.

Some 30 officers and soldiers from the Chester-based 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) went to Frélinghien, France, where they played football with the German Panzergrenadier Battalion 371.

The soldiers also witnessed the unveiling of a Christmas Truce memorial in the town and conducted a Service of Remembrance, where they laid wreaths and observed a two-minute silence.

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