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Last allied witness of WWI Christmas truce dies

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Start date Nov 21, 2005

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LONDON (Reuters) - The last known surviving allied veteran of the Christmas Truce that saw German and British soldiers shake hands between the trenches in World War One died Monday at 109, his parish priest said.

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