![]() ![]() The other soldiers were then taken away for reburial by Kendall. Brigadier Wyatt with closed eyes rested his hand on one of the coffins. The remains were then placed in four plain coffins each covered by Union Flags: the two officers did not know from which battlefield any individual soldier had come. Gell of the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries went into the chapel alone. The bodies were received by the Reverend George Kendall OBE. Suitable remains were exhumed from various battlefields and brought to the chapel at Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise near Arras, France, on the night of 8 November 1920. Burial of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, with King George V in attendance, 1920.Īrrangements were placed in the hands of Lord Curzon of Kedleston who prepared in committee the service and location. ![]()
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