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(Ref: 9146)
There was a party, oh a couple of hundred yards away, of our troops and the Germans all fraternizing. And so I said: "Right, I'm going to go outside and have a look at this". And I told the infantry to keep an eye on me, in case anyone tried any rough housing so they'd know what was happening. And I went up and I met a small party who said, "Come along into our trenches and have a look at us" and I said, "No, I'm quite near enough as it is!". And we laughed and we chaffed each other and I gave them some English tobacco and they gave me some German - I forget what it was - and we walked about for about half an hour in No Man's Land. And then we shook hands, wished each other luck, and one fellow said: "Will you send this off to my girlfriend in Manchester?". And so I took his letter, and I franked it and sent it off to his girlfriend in Manchester when I got back.