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. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Composite image of the outside of Westminster Abbey, and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior surrounded by flowers Close Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue.
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