The Unknown Warrior

The Unknown Warrior

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, IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V, HIS MINISTERS OF STATE, THE CHIEFS OF HIS FORCES, AND A VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATION. THUS ARE COMMEMORATED THE MANY MULTITUDES WHO, DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918, GAVE THE MOST THAT MAN CAN GIVE - LIFE ITSELF. FOR GOD, FOR KING AND COUNTRY, FOR LOVED ONES HOME AND EMPIRE, FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD. THEY BURIED HIM AMONG THE KINGS BECAUSE HE HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD HIS HOUSE.

• Date: 5 May 2009
• Photographer: RachMulder: gallery
• Uploaded: 9th May 2009
• Location: England: gallery
• Tags: tomb abbey soldier warrior
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Nearby accommodation: Dubrovnik Hotel Bradford

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