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Which soldier is buried in Westminster Abbey?

Buried within Westminster Abbey is the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, this grave contains the body of an unknown British soldier from the First World War. The body was brought from France to be buried in the Abbey on 11th November 1920, and this year marks the centenary of the interment.



The soldier buried in Westminster Abbey is known as the Unknown Warrior. Interred on November 11, 1920, the body represents the hundreds of thousands of British Empire service members who died in the First World War and have no known grave. The body was chosen from four unidentified remains exhumed from various battlefields in France (the Aisne, the Somme, Arras, and Ypres) to ensure that no one could ever know the soldier's specific identity, rank, or origin. He was buried in soil brought from France, under a slab of black Belgian marble. His grave is the only one in the Abbey that no person is permitted to walk upon, a rule strictly enforced even during royal weddings. The inscription on the stone includes the phrase "They buried him among the kings because he had done good toward God and toward his house," signifying that the highest honor in the land was bestowed upon an anonymous citizen-soldier.

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Pages in category Weddings at Westminster Abbey
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