Margaret and Victoria Streets, in London, a hallowed grave in the Chapel of the Holy contains the remains of an Unknown Warrior. Inside the west entrance of Westminster Abbey, between St. This tomb is the scene, each year, of a remembrance service attended by the highest in the land, as well as by the citizens of the Commonwealth who come in thousands to file past the silent Some 4 million people have visited the Tower of London's sea of 888246 ceramic poppies, one for each British soldier killed in World War I. THEY BURIED HIM AMONG KINGS BECAUSE HE HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD HIS HOUSE Following this impressive ceremony the body of the Unknown Warrior was borne to Westminster Abbey and there committed to its final resting-place and covered with soil brought from the battlefields in one hundred sandbags.Īt the foot of the tomb are engraved words suggested by David Railton: On the way to the Abbey the solemn procession paused at Whitehall, where His Majesty unveiled the Cenotaph Highest-ranking officers of the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force. Behind the gun carriage bearing the coffin walked King George V and his three sons. The funeral took place on Armistice Day, November 11, 1920. Of the Royal Navy escorted the ship carrying the Unknown Warrior. In the passage across the Channel, six other destroyers Identical coffins, which was then brought to Boulogne and placed aboard a British destroyer, while a French destroyer stood by in tribute. Pol, in Northern France, a blindfolded senior officer selected one of the Which also included battlefields on which the Royal Naval Division had fought). In November 1920, six unidentifiedīodies were taken from the plains of Flanders and the rolling terrain of Artois and Picardy (areas not only terribly familiar to soldiers from Canada and the other parts of the Commonwealth, but After the war Reverend Railton's idea was accepted. Stood a simple wooden cross bearing the pencilled inscription, "An Unknown British Soldier". In the garden of his billet near Armentières The inspiration to have a nameless warrior buried in Westminster Abbey came to a British Army Chaplain, the Reverend David Railton, M.C. The tomb is a symbol of the gallantry and sacrifice of all the Commonwealth war dead. Whether the remains are those of a sailor, a soldier, or an airman and whether heįought in the forces of Great Britain, or one of the Dominions, or of a British Colony, nobody knows. The remains represent the great number of menĪnd women who gave their lives in the First World War while serving in the forces of the British Commonwealth. Inside the west entrance of Westminster Abbey in London, a hallowed grave in the Chapel of the Holy contains the remains of an Unknown Warrior. Composite image of the outside of Westminster Abbey, and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior surrounded by flowers Close
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