The Christmas Truce, 1914

Photo of the “Christmas Truce” which took place in December 1914 on various portions of the Front, included in the scrapbook of CSM Herbert Styles, 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders. The Christmas Truce was a series of individual and unofficial truces that took...
Outbreak 80

Outbreak 80

The Gordon Highlanders during the “Twilight War” 1939-1940 On 3 September 1939, the British Empire and France declared war on Germany following its invasion of Poland. The Second World War (1939-1945) split the nations of the world into two opposing military...