My work is the result of an exploration of various texts and articles regarding the cult of the Unknown Soldier.

He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in London, on 11 November 1920: a “National” ceremony with the participation of King George V and the Royal Family, to remember all soldiers killed in war.

But his sepulture is only the last stage of his travel.

Everything began in 1916, when the Reverend David Railton was serving as a chaplain to British forces at the front in France. One day, he noticed a grave marked by the writing “An Unknown British Soldier”, so he suggested, according with the Dean of Westminster, the creation of a symbolic funeral to an “Unknown Warrior”, to commemorate all the victims of the war. Thus, a selection of four bodies, from different battlefields, were transported to Northern France. Here, one of the four was selected random to travel from France to Westminster Abbey, passing through Boulogne, Italy. The trip takes four days, from 7 to 11 November, culminating in a high mass. For seven days the coffin of the Unknown Soldier lay under the eye of a military guard while thousands of mourners passed by to leave their last respects. At the end of the seven days, a stone sealed the grave, inscribed with the words: “A British Warrior who fell in Great War 1914-1918 for King and Country. Greater love hath no man than this.”

In conclusion, the last thanks was given to the Unknown Soldier of Great Britain with the Medal of Honour on October 17, 1921.

The language used in the texts is simple and clear, to tell real history facts to every type of reader, from children to old people.