Published On: Mon, Sep 16th, 2024

The anonymous corpse from World War I that was buried among kings | Books | Entertainment


Reverend David Railton and John Nichol's new book

Reverend David Railton (L) and John Nichol’s new book The Unknown Warrior. (Image: )

I have seen the Tomb of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey many times, but it wasn’t until I stopped to study the inscription a couple of years ago that I fully understood what it represented. “Beneath this stone rests the body of a British warrior unknown by name or rank brought from France to lie among the most illustrious of the land and buried here on Armistice Day 11 Nov, 1920.”

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