Theo Walcott and HRH The Duke of Cambridge have picked a winner in the Football Remembers design competition.
The competition was for schools and football academies to design a permanent Christmas Truce memorial for the National Memorial Arboretum.
The winning design was drawn by 10-year-old Spencer Turner from Farne Primary in Newcastle. The school is in the shadow of Newcastle United’s St James’ Park. Spencer was told by Newcastle United players Steven Taylor and Adam Armstrong that his design had won at special school assembly on Thursday, October 2.
Theo said: “I was truly honoured to be part of the Christmas Truce Memorial schools competition with HRH Duke of Cambridge. The standard of entry was incredibly high and I enjoyed looking at the designs and even seeing one from my old school too! Huge congratulations to Spencer whose design was very impressive and brings to life this moment of peace through football in wartime.”
An exhibition of the 33 shortlisted entries is currently on display at St George's Park, having originally been shown at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Football will commemorate the centenary of one of the most iconic moments of the First World War - the 1914 Christmas Truce football match - with a week of remembrance activity in December.
'Football Remembers Week' will take place from December 6 to 14. A collaboration between the Premier League, The FA, the Football League and the British Council, its aim is to engage football fans about what took place on Christmas Day 1914 in Flanders, Belgium.
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