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Description: | The First World War (1914-1918) was a highly traumatic experience for Britain, and led to the loss of nearly a million lives. The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 11th November 1920 to commemorate those lost in the war. On the same day, one of the thousands of unidentified soldiers killed in the war was buried in Westminster Abbey to represent all the other soldiers with no known grave. The so-called Unknown Warrior was selected from several possible candidates in France and repatriated. The coffin, draped in the Union Flag, was then placed on a gun carriage (as seen here) and taken through the streets of London to Westminster Abbey for burial. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | London and Middlesex Archaeological Society | Subjects: | Power and Politics London at War Identity and Icons | Temporal: | 1920 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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