Clifton Inglis Stockwell (1879 – 4 December 1953) was a British soldier who served as Brigadier-General of the 164th Infantry Brigade of the British Army between 1916 and 1919. In December 1914, he was a British officer who agreed a Christmas truce football match with a German officer. Early life Clifton Inglis Stockwell was born in 1879, the eldest son of the late Colonel C. de N. O. Stockwell of the Lincolnshire Regiment. He was educated at Haileybury and then trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Army career After Sandhurst, Stockwell was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and served with his battalion in China and India. In September 1914, soon after the commencement of the First World War, he saw active service with the 2nd Battalion at the first Battle of the Aisne. In December 1914, he was serving on the Belgian border at Frelinghien and was the British officer who agreed a Christmas truce football match with the German officer on the other side, Baron Maximilian von Sinner. The two also had a Christmas drink together. Stockwell recorded the experience in his extant diary now held by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Stockwell continued to command the A Company of the 2nd Battalion until March 1915, when he transferred to command the A Company of the 1st Battalion. In command of his company, he captured Canadian Orchard at the Battle of Festubert in May 1915, and for this he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO. In September 1915, he was made Brigade-Major of the 59th Infantry Brigade and was once again mentioned in despatches on 1 January 1916. In February 1916 he was given command of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers where he was responsible for several attacks: Fricourt on 1 July 1916, Triangle Trench on 4 July 1916, Bazentin-le-Petit on 14 July 1916, Delville Wood and Ale, Hop and Beer Alleys on 14 August 1916 and the attack on Guinchy on 3 September 1916. He was again mentioned in despatches in July 1916. Stockwell was later appointed to command the 164th Infantry Brigade, 55th Division. He led his brigade during an attack on the Gord Line and Gueudecourt on 27 September 1916. He was mentioned in despatches in January 1917 and led his brigade in the Battle of Passchendaele and the Battle of Cambrai. He was again mentioned in despatches