The Sad & Proud Story Behind Britain's Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

[@timwaycaster7538]

I’m American, but I was nearly moved to tears by this tribute. “Greater love hath no man than this, than he lay down his life for his friends.” May all our fallen heroes rest in peace.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

U.S. Veterans solemnly display the poppy in solid solidarity.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@TheRunereaper]

I've been trying to think of something clever and fitting to say. I can't, there are no words which don't sound hollow and trite. Thank you for a touching post.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@TheRunereaper]

@@TheHistoryChap My first cousin once removed, an only son, was killed during WW2. He and Dad were so close that they promised each other that if only one of them survived they would look after each other's parents as if they were their own. Dad kept his word. My uncle Eric (as he is always known) is buried in the same cemetery as Colour Sergeant Bourne of Rorke's Drift fame, something else I learned from you. They all fought for something they believed in. Thank you Chris.

[@YouTubecanfuckagoat]

There are no words.

[@scouse9687]

Thank you for a very moving tribute to those who sacrificed themselves for our tomorrow

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Slavador2393]

Being Canadian, we have lost many in the great war, but none were as tragic as the loss of the entire Newfoundland regiment to a man leaving the island bereft of their men...all but the children and elderly were gone. RIP gentlemen, lest we forget.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Truly huge sacrifice. I intend to tell their story in the future.

[@Slavador2393]

@TheHistoryChap thank you Chris

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

Good God, that is beyond appalling... I thought we had it bad, because Grandma said everyone in our town knew someone who died on the second day of the Somme offensive. The PALS battalions were a dreadfully ill thought out ideas, leaving whole streets in mourning at the same time, but I have never, in all my life, been quite so horrified as I was after reading your comment. Every man was gone?! Every man... Good Lord, that is appalling. I feel ill. God _bless_ those Women, man...

[@Slavador2393]

@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse absolutely devastated the entire island.

[@Jaymark-gk4li]

No words tbh RIP

[@kenattwood8060]

As a veteran I would like to thank you for this very moving tribute, Chris.

[@TheHistoryChap]

My pleasure. I'm glad you liked it.

[@warringtonminge4167]

As a member of the British public three generations removed from the Great War, so do I.

[@janlindtner305]

Heartbreakingly beautiful, touchingly honest and a nice gesture for those left behind😔❤👍👍👍

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for that very kind comment.

[@richardherbert9320]

Thank you, History chap, for this presentation! Both my grandfathers fought in the Great war. The English one( Durham Light Infantry) survived, while my Scottish grandfather ( Union Defence Force of South Africa) passed away in Borden South African Military Hospital in March 1916. "We will remember them".

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@paulwilson7234]

An excellent video for Remembrance Day.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Many thanks.

[@chalky3320]

I'm a veteran of the RAMC and I thank you for for producing this episode. IAF

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jeningle8288]

Beautifully and movingly told.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you Jen. Another chaplain serving his country and soldiers with distinction, just like Theodore Hardy VC

[@jeningle8288]

​@@TheHistoryChap perhaps you should tell this chaplains story too.

[@oc2phish07]

Wow Chris. Possibly your best ever video. As we approach Remembrance Day 2024 I was genuinely moved to tears by this. This was so poignant and moving, and so well put together, that I am sure everyone watching it will be equally moved and have memories related to someone who fought, and possibly died, in a conflict protecting this wonderful land of ours. Thank you for making, and posting, this video.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for those very kind words. Really appreciated.

[@michaeldonahoo461]

A memorable, wonderful, and thought-provoking presentation which highlights the very best of all things British. Have you considered doing a video on the history of the minute of silence.

[@TheHistoryChap]

I hadn't but I will now add it to my list. Thanks.

[@jamesbeeching6138]

Great video...Very moving..I lost 2 Great Uncles at Aubers Ridge in 1915....Their bodies were never found...My Grandad was given their names...Charles Henry..❤❤❤❤

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for your kind comment. Lest we forget.

[@Jaymark-gk4li]

My grandfather's were lucky both came back but one was gassed so not much of a life, the other a professional soldier who's first campaign was Boar war died in 1970 at 84 but blind from wounds by then 😢

[@harryshriver6223]

A very fitting and moving tribute to all of the fallen warriors who served in the Great War. It is staggering to hear how 400,000 men were not documented by Great Britain to this day. Chris, you have done a great service for all of the soldiers, sailors and airmen in remembrance of the fallen. Vaya con Dios y en paz descansen, hermanos. 😢

[@TheHistoryChap]

Harry, thank you for watching and your kind comment. I recently read that until the 1930's up to 10,000 British soldiers a year were being unearthed.

[@KevinBowden-f3f]

Amen to that

[@LoganTellsHistoryZW]

Very well told. Enjoyed it very much. I found it very interesting. Cheers -

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davidwoods7720]

Lest we forget.............................................. Many many thanks Chris

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@guymckinnon7582]

Amazing story thanks. Railton should be remembered for his idea. Pray we never forget the glorious dead 🙏❤️

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@nigelhamilton815]

A wonderful tribute to a very special generation.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Kefuddle]

A beautiful video both plumbing the depths of sadness and climbing the summits of pride. I am in tears.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for that lovely comment.Glad you enjoyed it (if that is the right description).Have a good weekend.

[@theblackbear211]

Deeply moving. Thank you. As oft as I've heard this story told, I still shed tears.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@bryceallen9548]

In the tiny English parish where I live, the Census recorded barely 1,100 living souls in 1911. Yet our Great War memorial bears the names of 145 fallen warriors. Just let that sink in. To this day, several hundreds turn out annually on Remembrance Sunday. Never Forget. Thank you, Chris.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@arthurcrime]

This was very well done, thorough & respectful, thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@phillipallen3259]

Although not British myself, this story brought a tear to my eyes. Although not a combat veteran, a am a veteran and lost friends and comrades in combat. To bring closure to so many families is in my opinion, a most upright and just thing. Your country, my country and France did right by the young men lost and their families in these acts. Thank you for a solemn and heartfelt story. Well done!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@peterkelly1665]

A truly excellent presentation well done everyone should view and give thanks to those who gave their all "lest we Forget"

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@allanronald9805]

Most moving. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davegower6919]

Thank You.

[@TheHistoryChap]

You're welcome

[@markfrommontana]

Chris, your moving tribute to those who fell in the Great War brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for this touching story.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@gregthompson3274]

Here in Australia who lost 60000 dead in WW1 out of a population of 4 million,a unknown Australian soldier was laid to rest at the Australian war memorial in Canberra in 1993,King Charles on his recent visit laid a wreath on the tomb

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for sharing. As I mentioned in my recent video about the charge of the Australian light horse at Bersheba was that far more Australians died on the Western front than at Gallipoli

[@bobroberts6155]

My great uncle on my mother’s side was part of the honour guard having won his VC at Gallipoli. My father was named for his cousin killed in action in France. Today I found two military headstones in a village graveyard, the first was a soldier in the Warwickshires who died in 1917 aged just 19, the other was a 29 year old in the Wiltshire Regiment who died in late October 1918. One young man never had a life and the other must have endured years of hell only to die just before the armistice. With the Great War there are tragic stories everywhere you look, thanks for your timely reminder of how the nation tried to come to terms with such a terrible episode in our history.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davidmooney1253]

Words fail me Chris. Thank you for this moving story.

[@TheHistoryChap]

My pleasure! Thanks for taking the time to watch

[@nigelcole1936]

Probably the best talks and video I have seen on the subject, very respectful, informative and touching - thank you for producing it.

[@TheHistoryChap]

My pleasure. I'm glad you found it interesting and respectful.

[@colinthomas5462]

Timely interesting and humbling video Chris thanks for this very moving tribute to a truly great generation who sacrificed so much for this country. Just a comment on the ornamental iron work that decorated the coffin of the Unknown Warrior was hand made by blacksmiths from the Brunswick ironworks in my hometown of Caernarfon North Wales. Thanks 👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@andrewsteele7663]

Thank you, Chris, brilliant telling of a piece of history I will admit I knew very little about. Cheers, well done

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@colinjones7741]

8:26 being a veteran I'd like to say thank you for this, And to thank them for our freedom and God bless them and may they rest in peace.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Howie900]

As an ex serviceman, thank you for this !

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Flooky659]

I cannot add any more than my thanks for a very moving story.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@bangkokney8708]

This is an exceptional vlog Chris, so moving and evocative. Thank you for taking the time and no doubt considerable effort, it was certainly well worth it. I salute you Sir!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@johnhudghton3535]

Veteran Padre demonstrating thanks for your respectful telling of this story.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@BaronFlyingClub]

Great video old bean, I did know the story but not in that much detail. I went to Westminster Abbey with my dad as an 11 year old child in 1973 and was told off for standing on the grave of the unknown warrior, there were no flowers around it back in the day and it is right in the middle of the walkway. I thought it was just a gravestone.

[@TheHistoryChap]

It's the only grave you can't stand on in Westminster Abbey

[@BaronFlyingClub]

@@TheHistoryChap Thanks for that! I did not go in Westminster Abbey again for another 51 years and was sure not to step on it again.

[@karensayer3089]

​@@TheHistoryChapThere are many in Westminster.

[@SC-mt9ph]

Wow, I found this quite moving!.... I love the details of our history!... brilliant! 👍

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jamesgarman4788]

What a tribute Chris! Many thanks for posting this remarkable part of history.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RayPerkins01]

It’s good to reflect upon why we wear the poppy.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Here in Paris, we have four (count them) burial grounds for "famous" people: The Panthéon where civilians and scientists are honored, the Invalides, where the bodies of military heroes are kept (Napoleon, Foch, and a host of others), Saint Denis Basilica, where the Kings of France are kept (well what's left of them after the revolutionaries opened the tombs and scattered the bones), and the Arc de Triomphe, where the unknown soldier lies. On a side note, there is a monument at the National necropolis of Notre Dame de Lorette (near Vimy ridge) where a french unknown from all major french wars since 1870 is kept under the watch of veterans.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@oc2phish07]

I recently visited Paris and was proud to go and pay my respects at the Tomb to the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe.

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Also, the tomb of the Unkown Soldier under the arc de Triomphe is guarded everiday by a guard of honour composed of active personnel of the french army, and there is a daily ceremony where the « eternal flame » that burns on the tomb is rekindled.

[@grahamepigney8565]

In the UK there are also multiple places where famous/revered people are buried including Westminster Abbey where the Unknown Warrior is buried/commemorated among the other Great and the Good of the UK.

[@helenabiesma5560]

brilliant remembrance and a sincere status symbol and now we can never forget

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@benstreet8573]

Good episode

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@peterjones7673]

Simply brilliant, thank you so much

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@stephenbrown1077]

Hi Chris, a very good account as ever. Great timing and very poignant. Earlier this year, we visited St. Mary and St. Eanswythe church in Folkestone. The rev David Railton MC was the curate there. They had a smashing replica of the unknown soldier there with an overview of the story. So, your detailed story is most welcomed. Lest we forget!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@stigg333]

Expertly told and very moving, thank you for that and stay well.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@adamslawnandgardencare9403]

One of the best books I’ve ever read was The story of the unknown warrior by Michael Gavaghan. It conveys the importance of this one piece of history and it’s incredible impact on our Nation. Great Post.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@chieftandriver703]

Excellent and timely. Thanks🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@SamMackinnon-j1f]

Yet another great program thank you

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@user-vi9gw8pt9v]

Brilliant work Thank You

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@callumgordon1668]

In his Scotland History Tours video today, Bruce Fummey’s video is on Piper Daniel Laidlaw, one of two pipers who won VCs in WWI, who played at the ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@craigevans6156]

A very good story and well told 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@huntergray3985]

Very moving, Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@mikenorton3294]

Brilliant again. Salute. Please let's guard it from people who would desecrate it. And let's try to teach current generations about what it actually means to them But I fear they don't care.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@colinsmith7465]

Fascinating video Chris. Well done.!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Robert-cr8bq]

Thank you, Chris.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@bihi19681]

Very moving thank you

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@DarrenMarsh-kx8hd]

Nice upgraded video. Much appreciated.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it Darren.

[@landoncarter3387]

So poignant and moving. Thank you for creating this piece!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jakeolafsen9902]

Very thoughtful and well presented. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching

[@collyernicholasjohn]

Thank you, Chris. I knew my Uncle Hugh, who“lost his leg in the war“ but only recently my mother told me of other family who didn’t return from France. I never knew them but their and every soldiers sacrific is humbling.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching my video & for sharing your family story.

[@philparrish8892]

Wonderful video Chris. very moving and your best one yet.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very kind of you, thanks. Have a good weekend.

[@spikeyflo]

Lovely video Chris! From Sydney.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@ianbell5611]

Brilliant video. Thank you for researching and creating the video. Cheers

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@JoeRitchie-e5l]

That was so interesting and moving

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jerrymacklow1452]

I have always liked the idea of the tomb of the unknown soldier. As well as its original purpose , it "stands" as a monument to all of the many people who have made the ultimate sacrifice, without individual recognition. Interesting to hear the history of it.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@martinhogg5337]

Very moving!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@philipdoran6596]

I knew the story of the Unknown Warrior, however this was a very moving telling of the story. Thank you

[@TheHistoryChap]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching.

[@susanpasarow2680]

May all our fallen heroes sleep soundly in peace 😔🫡🇬🇧🇨🇵🇨🇦🇧🇪🇭🇲🇮🇹🇯🇵🇮🇪🇺🇲🇩🇪

[@TheHistoryChap]

Nice comment

[@williamhemmings2879]

Our family lost two men, one during WWI and one during WWII, both in service in Britain. The families now live in Canada. This was an excellent presentation and I was moved by the story behind our dedication. Lest we forget.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Lassisvulgaris]

Thanks. Hoped for this one....

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jonmeek3879]

Very powerful

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@cgjimeneza]

It resonates all over the world. A very touching history. Gracias mil, a thousand thanks

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Marvellous post, thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@Micktyb]

Excellent thanks 🙏 👏👏

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@sameyers2670]

Thank you, this was interesting. My gran's uncle was killed south of Messines in 1916 when a shell went off prematurely, my mum and I are hoping to get out to Belgium to visit the grave, probably in either 2026 or 2027

[@TheHistoryChap]

I’m glad you found this story interesting and hope you can make it to his grave. Thanks for your support too.

[@sameyers2670]

@TheHistoryChap Thanks, I suppose we are fortunate that we know what happened, where he is buried etc, a lot of families don't know anything

[@TerryC69]

Pray God that we should never forget the honoured dead.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@philparkinson462]

At this time of year I'm always minded to listen to 'The Green Fields of France' by The Fureys. May they rest in peace, and may we never forget their ultimate sacrifice.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@neiloflongbeck5705]

I think Miranda Sykes put it best in her song "The Lily and the Rose": O, twas early in the springtime Nineteen hundred and sixteen My sweetheart sailed to Flanders To serve the King and Queen We cheered them from the quayside And as our cries arose He threw my way a sweet bouquet A lily and a rose O, the rose and tender lily Still bloom within their beds They cut the rose for lovers The lily for the dead And hope, which springs eternal Swells every bud that grows Each bloom, for me, a memory The lily and the rose O, his letters brimmed with courage Until July the first Behind his gentle humour I knew he feared the worst And on that fateful morning Amidst the whistle blows He plucked for me so valiantly The lily, not the rose O, the rose and tender lily Still bloom within their beds They cut the rose for lovers The lily for the dead And hope, which springs eternal Swells every bud that grows Each bloom, for me, a memory The lily and the rose Now and then I read his letters Written many years before As young men over England Depart again for war And in my summer garden They stand in selfless rows As sweet today as that bouquet The lily and the rose. It always brings tear to my eye.almost as much as Steve Knightley' "Coming Home" with it sad final line: Born in the north country, raised in the west It was his mother and sister that knew him the best Eager to learn but struggled at school Too swift with his fists, too slow with the rules All through this town he raised hell with his mates They only slowed down when they started to date A natural made father as fine as his own Into the man the boy had now grown So he tattooed their names, a heart and a crest He fought with his brothers and seved with the best Twenty years, three months and a week Since the day he was born He's coming home now The family have been informed

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@davewhitely2225]

We shalt not forget

[@TheHistoryChap]

At the going down of the sun...

[@shezza66]

My grandfathers brother never was found. According to his war records he cried out after been hit near passé dale but then a shell landed where he was crying from. His body was never recovered. Lest we forget.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@michaelbedinger4121]

Great video, very informative. Thank you very much for sharing. 😊

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@michaelbedinger4121]

​@@TheHistoryChap I very much did. Thank you very much for getting back to me. Have a great day 😊

[@Lassisvulgaris]

I can highly recommend Neil Hanson's book "The Unknown Soldier" on the topic.

[@peterperigoe9231]

Just dug it out myself a Brilliant read, thank you for mentioning it.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching & for sharing details of the book

[@Fred-px5xu]

These where men in every sense of the word, who gave the full measure of life, so that we could enjoy the peace prosperity denied them. We should always remember this lost generation , and never forget their selfless sacrifice.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jwbuys1]

Very moving, as an old soldier

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@MikkellTheImmortal]

I saw my own real name on a monument to the missing in France. Our middle names were even spelled the same [Micheal]. He was last seen in No Man's Land on October 23 1917, a Tuesday. I was born October 23 1979, also a Tuesday. I have no relation to him and no one in my family had ever heard of him until I found his name on the monument. It's just an amazing coincidence.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@TheSonsofFalstaff]

Well. That brought a lump to the throat.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@dp-sr1fd]

It's shocking how many have no known grave. It's testament to just how dreadful the battle conditions were. There have been few parallels since.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@beanbake99]

God bless this great nation

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@christopherjohnwalden6353]

One of the most sad and yet beautiful places to stand and quietly remember those who their lives in a time when honour and duty meant so much. Its also sad that whenever histoians speak of the war and the men from the colonies who came to the aid of their king no one remembers the men of Rhodesia who per capita of population gave more men than England herself. We that are left remember them when the world has forgotten.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

Unknown but not forgotten, let all who hear take heed and ensure that this is so. Apologies.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@jackhewitt600]

My great grandfather who played in the local football team served in ww1 and was killed at the Battle of the Somme. His body was never found. So he has no grave instead a small plaque was comissioned and placed in his local pub with the names of the men from the village football team who died. Its still there today and me and my father (both veterans) have a drink in there every 11th November.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@mickofmorden]

One of my local war memorials in Mitcham, Surrey has 600+ names on it. None of those listed have a known grave.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Mind blowing! Thanks for sharing.

[@MarkDenson-ld8bf]

Thank you for this video Total respect RIP

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@thenoworriesnomad]

God Bless Them All..

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@carolyn64]

I'm watching this in my room in America. We just finished totally disrespecting every single veteran of our own and yours with the farce of the election of this person that we and the world will have to live through for the next 4 years. No one can imagine the damage that will be done by this. The thought of Ukraine and the people of the Middle East and all of the countries and people that have relied on our friendship and support over the years that have been let down and harmed by the misguided decisions of so many of my fellow citizens brings me to tears! I'm so very sorry. The sight of that medal hanging over the grave of your unknown warrior brought me to tears of shame on behalf of my country.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@karahughes7074]

Hi Chris, I like to think that the flowers/plants chosen for the wreath were chosen for a reason. I mean the red rose signifies love today, but t can also mean fidelity, respect and admiration; while the bay can represent high status and glory as well as courage and strength (the Ancient Greeks so prized the Bay Tree that they presented a wreath of Bay to the winner of the Pythian Games to honour Apollo)

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[@tracyjohnson2992]

This video has been very enlightening, Remembrance Day is always a time to remember the fallen who were named and recovered some still are listed as missing. Time is running out to find these men, but its not just men who were lost there were animals that risked their lives to save lives and until recently were finally recognized as hero's in their own right. Most of the horses were sold off and only a chosen few were transported home where they came from because the soldier bought their horse at the auction. Dogs were trained to transport ammunition and orders to the various places during that war until the radio was used. I never knew the story of the unknown warrior until now so i must thank you for that. I visited London twice once for school as a junior on a field trip but we only saw the sights of the tower of London and big ben on the houses of parliament and that's where i found out that big ben wasn't the clock, but the bell inside the clock. Remembrance day to me should be everyday as i am a military spouse, these Soldiers, Sailors. Airforce, Marines, Gurkha's and other regiments of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Allies and other Allies of the world, did not pay the ultimate sacrifice on one day of the year but even after the great war and before there were more people whom has given their lives for King and Queen and Country fighting someone else's war, but they died everyday for a number of years. Whole regiments were wiped out and even people in the same towns were lost. if a Chaplain and another officer came to your door you know it was bad and tragic news the whole town or city would have known that someone else had died. They say that the first world war would be the last war to he fought but wars still happen even today. History is supposed to teach us that we should learn from the past yet more wars are being waged as we speak. As a military spouse my husband has been sent to war three times 6 months each time, for the American its much longer up to a year in most cases. I was born and bred in the UK in Portsmouth, but i got married and moved to Canada where my husband and his family grew up and indeed his two brothers were born here as were two of our children who are now adults. To this generation those wars were not considered wars at all. the Persian gulf war and the Adriatic wars in particular even with todays technology people died but the dead were identified and brought back home in repatriation services. While my husband was at sea in the Adriatic war i was asked to be the person to represent the children of the world in the remembrance service in our little town and i was most honored to do it. i laid the wreath and i also left 4 red roses for the love of a husband and father who was out fighting for freedom, a freedom taken for granted but most. Men and Women dogs and pigeons also many thousands of horses have all paid the ultimate price for freedom and i will be eternally grateful to each and every one of them, known or unknown i fine the remembrance services to be very moving to me and i think of my grand parents who served in one capacity or another home and away, My grand mother served as an RN on my fathers side at home, my Grand father served too away, my grandfather on my Mothers side served as a Medic, and my grand mother served in the war also, My uncle had just finished his watch and was on his way to the mess to eat when an Exocet Missile hit HMS Glamorgan in the Falkland Islands in the War for sovereignty, and My father did national service but never saw action, my husband as mentioned went to war three times one he never received a medal for because he had to be flown home for a family emergency and missed the cut off date by three days for time served. He still served. He is retired now from the services. He served in his UK and Canadian forces. My husband was born in the UK so he was able to serve in both countries militaries as he is also a Canadian citizen. As emotional as remembrance day is i choose to remember the fallen every day of the year not just one day and one war but all the fallen in all the wars before the great war and all the wars since then even the Vietnam war which was considered to be unjust by some. Every war had its casualties both Military and animals as well as civilians i choose to remember them all.

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[@tomhollandroberts1737]

The ironwork for the coffin of the Unknown Warrior was made in the Brunswick Ironworks in Caernarfon, North Wales at the request of the then Prime Minister David Lloyd George.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Another nice touch. Thanks for sharing.