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{{Christmas Truce Fictional Character|name = Alec|type of appearance = Direct {{OneName}}|nationality = {{UKPeople|[[United Kingdom (Christmas Truce)|United Kingdom]]}}|birth = {{FictionalWorkBirths|19th}} century|death = {{1910s Deaths Fictional|1914}}|cause of death = {{FirearmDeathFic|Shot to death}}|affiliations = [[British Army]]<br>({{SoldiersWorldWarIFictional|[[World War I|Great War]]}})}}'''Alec''' (d. December 25, 1914) was [[United Kingdom (Christmas Truce)|British]] officer during [[World War I|the Great War]]. On [[Christmas|Christmas Day]], 1914, his company was in the trenches outside [[Mesen (Christmas Truce)|Messines]], [[Belgium (Christmas Truce)|Belgium]]. He was able to still enjoy the informal [[Christmas Truce (Christmas Truce)|truce]] the combatants had brokered for the day. He and Lt. [[Bill Meadows]] spent time with [[Germany (Christmas Truce)|German]] ''Hauptmann'' [[Franz Wormser]] (who'd been educated at Cambridge) until until a German messenger named [[Adolf Hitler (Christmas Truce)|Adolf Hitler]] grew enraged by the truce, and started firing the British officers, killing Alec. Meadows promptly shot Hitler dead. Wormser quickly convinced Meadows that Hitler had been a lone maniac, and that the loss of the British officer had been avenged. Meadows agreed.
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{{Christmas Truce Fictional Character|name = Alec|type of appearance = Direct {{OneName}}|nationality = {{UKPeople|[[United Kingdom (Christmas Truce)|United Kingdom]]}}|birth = {{FictionalWorkBirths|19th}} century|death = {{1910s Deaths Fictional|1914}}|cause of death = {{FirearmDeathFic|Shot to death}}|spouse = [[Sue (Christmas Truce)|Sue]]|affiliations = [[British Army]]<br>({{SoldiersWorldWarIFictional|[[World War I|Great War]]}})}}'''Alec''' (d. December 25, 1914) was [[United Kingdom (Christmas Truce)|British]] officer during [[World War I|the Great War]]. On [[Christmas|Christmas Day]], 1914, his company was in the trenches outside [[Mesen (Christmas Truce)|Messines]], [[Belgium (Christmas Truce)|Belgium]]. He was able to still enjoy the informal [[Christmas Truce (Christmas Truce)|truce]] the combatants had brokered for the day. He and Lt. [[Bill Meadows]] spent time with [[Germany (Christmas Truce)|German]] ''Hauptmann'' [[Franz Wormser]] (who'd been educated at Cambridge) until until a German messenger named [[Adolf Hitler (Christmas Truce)|Adolf Hitler]] grew enraged by the truce, and started firing the British officers, killing Alec. Meadows promptly shot Hitler dead. Wormser quickly convinced Meadows that Hitler had been a lone maniac, and that the loss of the British officer had been avenged. Meadows agreed.
   
 
Alec left a widow named [[Sue (Christmas Truce)|Sue]].<ref>''Asimov's Science Fiction'', November/December, 2019, Vol. 43 Nos. 11 & 12, ebook edition.</ref>
 
Alec left a widow named [[Sue (Christmas Truce)|Sue]].<ref>''Asimov's Science Fiction'', November/December, 2019, Vol. 43 Nos. 11 & 12, ebook edition.</ref>

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Alec
Fictional Character
"Christmas Truce"
POD: December 25, 1914
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 19th century
Date of Death: 1914
Cause of Death: Shot to death
Spouse: Sue
Affiliations: British Army
(Great War)

Alec (d. December 25, 1914) was British officer during the Great War. On Christmas Day, 1914, his company was in the trenches outside Messines, Belgium. He was able to still enjoy the informal truce the combatants had brokered for the day. He and Lt. Bill Meadows spent time with German Hauptmann Franz Wormser (who'd been educated at Cambridge) until until a German messenger named Adolf Hitler grew enraged by the truce, and started firing the British officers, killing Alec. Meadows promptly shot Hitler dead. Wormser quickly convinced Meadows that Hitler had been a lone maniac, and that the loss of the British officer had been avenged. Meadows agreed.

Alec left a widow named Sue.[1]

References

  1. Asimov's Science Fiction, November/December, 2019, Vol. 43 Nos. 11 & 12, ebook edition.