 A Christmas truce memorial was unveiled in Frelinghien , France , on 11 November 2008 . Also on that day , at the spot where , on Christmas Day 1914 , their regimental ancestors came out from their trenches to play football , men from the 1st Battalion , The Royal Welch Fusiliers played a football match with the German Battalion 371 . The Germans won 2 – 1 . 
