Christmas Truce Photo 1914 – Malcolm Howard Grigg

IWM Q 70075. Possibly Riflemen Andrew (middle) and Grigg (second from the right, background) [with balaclava] of the London Rifle Brigade with troops of the 104th and 106th Saxon Regiments. British and German soldiers fraternising at Ploegsteert, Belgium, on Christmas Day 1914, front of 11th Brigade, 4th Division.

Malcolm Grigg was later received a commission in the 17th Manchesters.  He was killed in action at Trones Wood on 9th July 1916, aged 22. Son of John Selby Grigg, and Gertrude Grigg, of 10, Radley Rd., Bruce Grove, Tottenham, London.

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