This book is all about the idea of The Unknown Soldier. Padre David Railton, who served in World War I came up with the notion and spent a long time trying to get it adopted (even though the Dean of Westminster claimed the credit). Either way the body of an unknown soldier was selected and buried with the Kings and Princes at Westminster Abbey. Neil Hanson has done his research well, and it is an incredibly moving book, tracing the lives of several men who were never identified at the end of the War. There is a German soldier, and British infantryman and an American Airman.
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