The plaque over the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior inside Westminster Abbey, London, England.

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The plaque over the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior inside Westminster Abbey, London,

England

BENEATH THIS STONE RESTS THE BODYOF A BRITISH WARRIOR

UNKNOWN BY NAME OR RANKBROUGHT FROM FRANCE TO LIE AMONG

THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS OF THE LANDAND BURIED HERE ON ARMISTICE DAY

11 NOV: 1920, IN THE PRESENCE OFHIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V

HIS MINISTERS OF STATETHE CHIEFS OF HIS FORCES

AND A VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATIONTHUS ARE COMMEMORATED THE MANYMULTITUDES WHO DURING THE GREAT

WAR OF 1914 – 1918 GAVE THE MOST THATMAN CAN GIVE LIFE ITSELF

FOR GODFOR KING AND COUNTRY

FOR LOVED ONES HOME AND EMPIREFOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND

THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLDTHEY BURIED HIM AMONG THE KINGS BECAUSE

HEHAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD

HIS HOUSE

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