Back Hrob neznámého vojáka (Londýn) Czech Tombe du Soldat inconnu (Royaume-Uni) French קבר הלוחם האלמוני HE Tomba del Milite Ignoto (Londra) Italian 無名戦士の墓 (イギリス) Japanese Непознатиот воин (Британија) Macedonian Graf van de onbekende soldaat (Londen) Dutch The Unknown Warrior Portuguese Могила неизвестного солдата (Лондон) Russian The Unknown Warrior SIMPLE
| The Unknown Warrior | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
 The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior | |
| For the unknown war dead, wherever they fell | |
| Unveiled | 11 November 1920 |
| Location | 51°29′58″N 0°7′39″W / 51.49944°N 0.12750°W near London, England |
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 as the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
He was given a state funeral and buried on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with a similar interment of a French unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in France, making both graves the first examples of a tomb of the unknown soldier, and the first to honour the unknown dead of the First World War.
Officially, the buried man may be from the army, navy or airforce (hence the name warrior instead of soldier) and from any part of the British Empire at the time.[1] However, the National Army Museum notes that the UK Government had also previously confirmed that the interred was a soldier and that he was most likely from the British Isles, not the Empire.[2]
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WestAbbeyCommwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The mysterious story of the Unknown Warrior". National Army Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2024.