The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout
Paris Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile Grabmal des Unbekannten Soldaten 2
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lays wreath during 70th anniversary VE Day commemoration in Paris, 8 May 2015.
Choosing the Unknown Soldier (reconstruction at Verdun).
Photo from 11 November 1920.
The Unknown Warrior
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The Unknown Warrior is an unidentified member of the British Imperial armed forces who died on the Western Front during the First World War. He is interred in a grave at Westminster Abbey, also known
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France)
…died for France throughout history. It was installed in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with the interment of a British unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey, making both graves the first examples of a tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the first to honour the unknown dead of the First…
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in state in the Abbey in 1920, before burial.
Burial of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, with King George V in attendance, 1920.
A plaque at Victoria Station marking site of the arrival of the coffin on 10 November.