Dateline Her Majesty's Britannic England.

This just in.

Those who were there are not representative or typical.

The ex editor of a British tabloid who wasn't born till many years after the armistice apparently is.

This is not spilling over from the armistice thread. The Xmas truce was an example of why you simply cannot say British Good Soldier, German Bad Soldier. Atrocities were carried out by both sides, in the names of respective armies. Earl Haig wasn't called the butcher of the Somme because he ensured the soldiers got roast beef on a Sunday...