Stephen Nulty Posted 4 August , 2008 Share Posted 4 August , 2008 Actually, I have attached herewith the Order of Service as published in the Times of that date and there doesn't appear to be any such statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 4 August , 2008 Share Posted 4 August , 2008 Found it! In the Times of 11 November 1920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 4 August , 2008 Share Posted 4 August , 2008 And the names of those chosen..... ... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 4 August , 2008 Share Posted 4 August , 2008 On an OT note, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway also had a memorial locomotive, 'Remembrance'. Details are here. It seems that surprisingly few railway locomotive names originated in the Great War. I once had plans for a pamphlet on them, but there were too few to make anything very interesting. Dick, off topic a bit I know, but just mentioning that the Remembrance class were rebuilt becauase their original wheel configuaration led to a serious accident, which the article does not appear to mention. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted 4 August , 2008 Share Posted 4 August , 2008 Dick, off topic a bit I know, but just mentioning that the Remembrance class were rebuilt becauase their original wheel configuaration led to a serious accident, which the article does not appear to mention. Ian They were somewhat modified, certainly, but I understood that they were later rebuilt as tender locos as they were made redundant by the LBSCR electrification programme. Perhaps we ought to have a railways and WW1 thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 4 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 4 August , 2008 Thanks to all for your contributions....what are the chances of findng the names of the pall-bearers in France, it would certainly appear one of these was Frank Sumpter. Have his memories been recorded anywhere? Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjk Posted 14 August , 2008 Share Posted 14 August , 2008 The wonders of modern technology -- For 79p each one can download two hymn recordings made at the 11.11.1920 service from iTunes, these being 'Abide with me' and 'For those in peril on the sea'. To locate them, just go to the iTunes store search facility and enter '11.11.1920' - one can listen to the first 30 secs of each for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 15 August , 2008 Share Posted 15 August , 2008 Stephen, any chance of you e-mailing the newspaper sections to me? Send a pm when convenient and thanks in advance. If anybody is interested, I have a reproduced copy of the report written by the Funeral Director who dealt with the body of the unknown warrior, supplied the coffin and accompanied the coffin to Victoria Station from France. The report was published in two parts in the NAFD Funeral Director magazine about 18 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 27 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Many thanks for the reply squirrel, I'd very much like to have a read of the said report, it would be nice to have another perspective of this marked occasion. cjk, thanks for the itune tip. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Jon, have your pm and will reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 20 May , 2018 Share Posted 20 May , 2018 (edited) I was just reading that the Duchess of Sussex has continued the tradition of having her wedding bouquet placed on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey Royal wedding bouquet to rest on Warrior’s Grave Edited 20 May , 2018 by mbriscoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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