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The Unknown British Warrior
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I’d always thought it was an unknown warrior - could have been German, British, or any of the poor *** sacrificed on the fields of the First War.
But it isn’t. It’s a British soldier.
And to an extent, that lessens the impact to me, I’d always thought of the ceremony as anti-war. Not so.
But it isn’t. It’s a British soldier.
And to an extent, that lessens the impact to me, I’d always thought of the ceremony as anti-war. Not so.
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Why should everyone constantly be reminded of all wars ? Are they never to end and the "unknown soldier/
22:41 Sun 08th Nov 2020
He 'could' be either of my 2 missing great-uncles.
It is, and has always been, an acknowledgement of all of the British who soldiers fought, died and have no known grave.
It would have been peculiar to have just picked a random body wearing a 'foreign' uniform to represent all the British soldiers who perished.
Poltical Correctness was not a 'thing' back just after WW1
It is, and has always been, an acknowledgement of all of the British who soldiers fought, died and have no known grave.
It would have been peculiar to have just picked a random body wearing a 'foreign' uniform to represent all the British soldiers who perished.
Poltical Correctness was not a 'thing' back just after WW1
//I’d always thought it was an unknown warrior - could have been German, British, or any of the poor *** sacrificed on the fields of the First War. //
Other countries have their own unknown warriors.
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Other countries have their own unknown warriors.
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allen
I have always regarded the Ceremony as a tribute and remebrance to the British and Commonwealth troops that died in both WW's.
When it was emotionally and Politically changed to engulf all adversaries in remebrance, I lost interest to some degree, but not totally.
I have no thoughts or sympathy for the dead of the German or Japanese forces.
I have always regarded the Ceremony as a tribute and remebrance to the British and Commonwealth troops that died in both WW's.
When it was emotionally and Politically changed to engulf all adversaries in remebrance, I lost interest to some degree, but not totally.
I have no thoughts or sympathy for the dead of the German or Japanese forces.
This is the inscription.
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.
Has no-one else read “All quiet on the Western Front”? German youth was just as conned as British youth, and all their deaths were in vain.
My salute goes to ALL the brave, misguided young men, who gave their lives for nothing.
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.
Has no-one else read “All quiet on the Western Front”? German youth was just as conned as British youth, and all their deaths were in vain.
My salute goes to ALL the brave, misguided young men, who gave their lives for nothing.
Allen - You assume an ignorance amongst your readers which is just not true.
Across history, the flowers of *any* nation have been misled by their leaders and led into wars which, usually, have been won by the side with the lowest body count...
Today is *our* day to give grateful thanks to those who died wearing a British (and/or Commonwealth) Uniform.
Across history, the flowers of *any* nation have been misled by their leaders and led into wars which, usually, have been won by the side with the lowest body count...
Today is *our* day to give grateful thanks to those who died wearing a British (and/or Commonwealth) Uniform.
Allen
If you are so concerned about unknown dead take a pilgrimage to the National Ossuary at Verdun. There you can view mountains of bones to your heart’s content.The piles is added to almost weekly and nationality unknown. Unlikely to be British though. Not their sector in the 1st WW. Our tomb is for our Unknown dead. The French have theirs and I’m sure the Russians likewise. The Japanese have their shrine. What’s the problem?
If you are so concerned about unknown dead take a pilgrimage to the National Ossuary at Verdun. There you can view mountains of bones to your heart’s content.The piles is added to almost weekly and nationality unknown. Unlikely to be British though. Not their sector in the 1st WW. Our tomb is for our Unknown dead. The French have theirs and I’m sure the Russians likewise. The Japanese have their shrine. What’s the problem?
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