Quote Originally Posted by Archangel
Stanley Weintraub wrote a fascinating account of the Christmas truce called Silent Night. Unfortunately, none of the above names are referenced.
BTW, I'm weak on this but isn't the unit referenced in the article a WW2 unit?
It appears that the 5th Battalion was indeed a WWI battalion:

http://vzone.virgin.net/ian.edwards2/bwmain.htm

Weintraub's book is good; The History Channel a couple of years ago did a very well-done documentary about the Christmas truce with quite a few kilted reenactors that I show to my history classes during the First World War unit. One of my favourite songs about WWI is "Christmas in the Trenches"; The tenor John McDermott does a particularly haunting version on his CD "Remembrance".

Cheers,

Todd