Christmas Truce 1914, Peacehaven & Telscombe v Dulwich Hamlet

The Ryman League’s clubs commemorated the centenary of one of the most iconic moments of the First World War - the 1914 Christmas Truce - in December.

On Christmas Day 2014, one hundred years on from the remarkable act of humanity in a conflict known for its brutality, the Ryman League is publishing many of the individual mixed squad photos throughout the day that clubs had taken before kick-off on Saturday 6 December.

The images were taken as part of a week of remembrance activity throughout the game for 'Football Remembers Week' with clubs helping to create a unique photographic record of football for posting on new commemorative website www.footballremembers.com to preserve for future generations.

A joint collaboration between The Football Association, the Premier League, the Football League and the British Council, the initiative aimed to engage football fans and players at every level about what took place on Christmas Day on the battlefields of Belgium when soldiers from both sides put down their weapons and crossed into ‘no man’s land’ to share in an impromptu ceasefire.

First-hand accounts from the time include references to football being played and photographs being taken up and down the front during the first Christmas of the global conflict that is estimated to have cost the lives of at least nine million combatants and seven million civilians between 1914-18.

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