Friday, November 25, 2005
Alfred Anderson, 1896-2005.
Scotland's oldest war veteran was laid to rest today.
Alfred Anderson, who died on Monday aged 109, served with the Black Watch, and was thought to be the longest surviving soldier of the 1914 Christmas truce, when British and German troops came out of their trenches and shook hands with each other.
Born in Dundee, that city paid its last respects to Alfred by lighting the beacon of the Law war memorial overlooking the River Tay.
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Alfred Anderson, who died on Monday aged 109, served with the Black Watch, and was thought to be the longest surviving soldier of the 1914 Christmas truce, when British and German troops came out of their trenches and shook hands with each other.
Born in Dundee, that city paid its last respects to Alfred by lighting the beacon of the Law war memorial overlooking the River Tay.
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