Medals of soldier who took part in Christmas Truce sell for £2,100 at auction The medals of a soldier who took part in the famous Christmas Truce in the First World War have sold for £2,100.
Maj Walkington recalled in his autobiography, Twice in a Lifetime: “Timidly they approached each other – unarmed, of course – until finally a German and an Englishman met and shook hands to the sound of a happy little burst of cheering.”.
Major Marmaduke Walkington was among the British troops who left their trenches and walked across No Man’s Land to meet their German counterparts on Christmas Day 1914.
Maj Walkington was serving with 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), at Chapelle D’Armentieres on the Western Front when the truce occurred.
The German then introduced Maj Walkington to his battalion sniper who showed him the Iron Cross he received from the Kaiser.
