25th December – Le Touret Military Cemetery

Private Percy Henry Huggins and Lance Serjeant Thomas Edward Gregory, both Hertfordshire Regiment who were shot and killed by a German sniper Christmas Day 1914.  Less than 5 miles northeast of where they lay, men were out of their trenches fraternising in No Mans Land with the enemy.  In all 78 men would lose their lives on Christmas Day 1914 on the Western Front, 25 of them are buried or commemorated at Le Touret Military Cemetery and Memorial.

Submitted by Paul Colbourne SGWT Battlefield Guide.